{"id":1061,"date":"2021-12-21T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2022-01-03T13:04:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:04:38","slug":"when-youve-taken-a-covid-19-test","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/2021\/12\/21\/when-youve-taken-a-covid-19-test\/","title":{"rendered":"When You&#8217;ve Taken a Covid-19 Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 tests play an important role in protecting yourself and others by reducing the chance of spreading the virus.&nbsp; The recent availability of home tests or self tests also bring questions about how to proceed when you have a positive result. No matter the type of test you have taken its important to know the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most home tests are not reported to your physician. This responsibility rests with you.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>You can help stop the spread by doing the following after you have been notified of a positive result.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you have a positive result you will be expected to isolate<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/isolation-and-quarantine-guidance-for-the-general-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Click on this link to get State Isolation and Quarantine Guidance<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Please notify your close contacts that they have been exposed. Close contacts are those within 6 feet of you for 15 minutes or more while indoors starting two days before your symptoms began or your test date.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Unvaccinated close contacts should quarantine and any close contacts regardless of their vaccination status should stay home and contact their health care provider about getting tested if they have symptoms.<\/li>\n<li>For more information on both isolation and quarantine you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/tips-to-make-covid-19-isolation-and-quarantine-easier\">mass.gov\/isolate<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>If you need assistance or have questions about this guidance you should call the Health Department at 978-440-5477.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be sure to inform your work contacts as well as the School Nurse or Daycare that your child attends if they are a close contact.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 tests play an important role in protecting yourself and others by reducing the chance of spreading the virus.&nbsp; The recent availability of home tests or self tests also bring questions about how to proceed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/2021\/12\/21\/when-youve-taken-a-covid-19-test\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about When You&#8217;ve Taken a Covid-19 Test\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6,114],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/nurse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}