Question: What are the testing protocols for aged home staff?

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for people in aged care facilities
section_headers: Residents
section_content: As we move towards a COVIDSafe Australia and
physical distancing measures are eased around the country, special
restrictions will remain in place for aged care
facilities to protect older Australians.
Residential aged care facilities will continue to restrict visits in line with
the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee advice for residential
aged care facilities.
They will also continue to postpone large group visits, gatherings, and
external excursions.
Aged care facilities will help residents stay connected with family and
friends by phone and video calls.
If you develop symptoms of COVID-19, you will be kept separate from other
people and will not be able to see visitors.
Health care and residential care workers will continue to provide support and
care for you while you are isolated.
If you need to leave your room, such as for medical care, you will be given a
surgical mask. Health care workers will provide masks to you.
Residents who are well do not need to wear a mask.
Residents admitted from other health facilities
Active screening for symptoms of COVID-19 in residents being admitted or re-
admitted from other health facilities and community settings should be
conducted. No new residents with COVID-19 compatible symptoms are permitted to
enter the facility.
Appropriate infection prevention practices should be implemented for residents
returning from treatment or care at other facilities.

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Discusses what a resident of the aged home should be doing. Does not reference testing protocols for aged home staff.
This answer relates to general information in regards to aged home staff, and not testing protocols.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Working arrangements for the health and aged care workforce during COVID-19
section_headers: When should staff be tested for COVID-19?
section_content: Health care or aged care employees are at greater risk of exposure to
confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus. It’s important to detect COVID-19
early to protect both staff and those they come into contact including
patients, clients and care recipients.
Staff should be tested for COVID-19 if they develop fever or respiratory
symptoms.
Their doctor will confirm if they need to be tested and will arrange for the
test.
Staff should stay home in isolation until they receive their results.
As aged and residential care facilities are high-risk-settings, residents and
staff will be also be tested if there are 2 or more people with fever and
respiratory symptoms in the setting.
COVID-19 test results
If the result is negative , the employee should remain at home until they
are well enough to return to work.
If the result is positive , ask your staff member to follow the advice of
their doctor and isolate themselves in their home or in a hospital until they
are well.
Read more information on
testing.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: What you need to know about coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Testing
section_content: The criteria for having a test for COVID-19 are updated regularly as new
evidence becomes available. Testing diagnoses patients with COVID-19 and also
helps health authorities monitor and track the spread of COVID-19.
People with mild symptoms can still spread the virus. To help stop the
resurgence and spread of COVID-19, anyone with symptoms of an acute
respiratory infection should get tested.
The symptoms include:

fever
respiratory symptoms 
coughing
sore throat
shortness of breath



If you have one or more of these symptoms, even mildly, it is important you
get tested as soon as possible. Early diagnosis means you can take steps to
avoid spreading the virus to someone else.
If you have other symptoms that may occur with COVID-19 you should seek advice
from your doctor or from healthdirect
about whether you should get tested.
As the situation changes, states and territories may adjust their testing
criteria based on local needs. For latest information check your state or
territory health website.
Testing is even more important if you have symptoms and any of the following
apply to you:

you have returned from overseas in the past 14 days
you travelled on a cruise ship (either passenger or crew) in the 14 days before developing symptoms
you have been in close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 14 days
you are a health care, aged care or residential care worker or staff member with direct patient contact
you have lived in or travelled through an area where there is a higher risk of community transmission, as defined by the local public health unit

People in high-risk settings will be regularly monitored to ensure symptoms
are identified early. Rapid response plans will be activated if someone in
those settings develops a fever or respiratory symptoms. People who have
recovered from COVID-19 need to be tested before they can go into high risk
settings.
High-risk settings include:

aged and residential care facilities
detention centres or correctional facilities
boarding schools
military group residences and other closed settings, such as Navy ships or live-in accommodation
rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Where to get tested
You can:

contact your doctor and they will arrange the test
attend a respiratory or fever clinic

Respiratory or fever clinics are dedicated health centres around the country
focusing on testing people with acute respiratory infection symptoms
Find the respiratory/fever clinic nearest to you. Your state or territory
may have extra clinics where you can get tested. You can find them through
your state or territory health website.
If your symptoms are serious, you should seek urgent medical attention. If
possible, call ahead so the medical facility can prepare.
If it is a medical emergency, please call 000.
The Department of Health regularly reviews these criteria.
After testing
It may take a day or two for your test results to come back.
If you have serious symptoms you will be kept in hospital and isolated from
other patients to prevent the virus spreading.
If your doctor says you are well enough to go home while you wait for your
test results, you should:

isolate at home
protect yourself and others

For questions about testing or patient welfare, call the National Coronavirus
Helpline.
National Coronavirus Helpline
Call this line if you are seeking information on coronavirus (COVID-19) or
help with the COVIDSafe app. The line operates 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
1800 020 080
View contact

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This answer relates to general testing and not testing for aged home staff.

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