COVID-19 Workplace Testing (Manitoba)

[vickyp]

#102849

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Can we require an employee that is displaying symptoms to get a rapid COVID test before being allowed into the workplace if they are displaying symptoms’
We are not a medical office and don’t have any medical staff, can we administer the rapid COVID test ourselves’
Can we require employees to get a forehead temperature check before being allowed into the workplace’
 

[vickyp]

#103339

Depends on your internal policies and public health requirements/guidance in your particular jurisdiction. In my workplace in Ontario, we still have mandatory active screening. If an employee has symptoms they would not pass the screening and would not be allowed past the entrance screening stations. we have had temp. checks in the past but did not find them effective. we implemented a vaccination policy which requires anyone coming on site to be double vaccinated. We also implemented a grace period where rapid testing was performed by our security staff at screening for those employees and visitors who had one vaccine dose but not their second yet. if they were negative they could proceed on site. That period just recently ended. No more rapid testing. if you are not doubled vacc’d you can’t come on site.

[vickyp]

#103340

I’m sorry for the lateness of my reply but I hadn’t seen the question until now. Jordan’s answer is right but I would clarify that public health protocols of ALL jurisdictions not only permit but require you to bar entry to any worker showing COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of vaccination status. You shouldn’t let the individual return unless he/she can produce proof of a negative COVID molecular PCR test within the past 72 hours. A negative rapid antigen test result will suffice only for the asymptomatic and is not enough to confirm lack of COVID for an individual displaying symptoms. Thanks for your patience and, Jordan, thanks for weighing in. Glenn

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