Case Reporting
Per the California Department of Public Health guidance, schools, child care, camps, sport organizations, and higher education institutions (e.g. Children and Youth in Congregate Settings) should notify the ACPHD of any known case of COVID-19 among any student or employee who was present at the site within the 10 days preceding the positive test for COVID-19:
- Single confirmed case:
COVID Liaisons should email [email protected] and/or call (510) 268‑2101 if the district, school, child care program or extracurricular program has a single confirmed COVID‑19 case. ACPHD may provide guidance and may answer any questions you have about the ACPHD COVID‑19contact investigation process and safety measures that should be followed. - Outbreak:
COVID Liaisons should email [email protected] and/or call (510) 268‑2101 if the district, school, child care program or extracurricular program has a possible outbreak. ACPHD may help determine if the multiple cases can be defined as an outbreak and may provide guidance and answer any questions you have about the ACPHD COVID‑19 contact investigation process and safety measures that should be followed. -
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- CDPH defines a school, or other children and youth congregate, setting outbreak as 3 or more confirmed or probable cases of staff or students occurring within a 14-day period who are epidemiologically linked in the school, are from different households and are not contacts of each other in any other case investigation (e.g., transmission likely occurred in the school setting).
- CDPH defines a school, or other children and youth congregate, setting outbreak as 3 or more confirmed or probable cases of staff or students occurring within a 14-day period who are epidemiologically linked in the school, are from different households and are not contacts of each other in any other case investigation (e.g., transmission likely occurred in the school setting).
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- Case reporting intake form:
Please use this Schools Portal for Outbreak Tracking (SPOT) Intake Form to begin the reporting process of a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case.
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- Before completing this form, be sure you are prepared to report the COVID liaison and/or School/Child Liaison contact information, location information, and date of exposure or the date the positive case was on campus while infectious.
- Cases are infectious from 2 days before symptoms begin and remain infectious for 10 days after the date that symptoms began.
- If a case did not have any symptoms, they are infectious from 2 days before and 10 days after the date that the specimen was collected which later tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19).
- You should receive your SPOT login information within 48 hours of submitting your Intake Form.
- Before completing this form, be sure you are prepared to report the COVID liaison and/or School/Child Liaison contact information, location information, and date of exposure or the date the positive case was on campus while infectious.
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- Case reporting:
Once you receive your login information, report the case in the SPOT system within 24 hours.-
- Be sure to have the all the necessary information for the positive case and a list of the COVID-19 case’s close contacts ready to input into the form. In accordance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, all the information provided in SPOT should remain confidential. Note the information you provide should NOT impact immigration status.
- Be sure to have the all the necessary information for the positive case and a list of the COVID-19 case’s close contacts ready to input into the form. In accordance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, all the information provided in SPOT should remain confidential. Note the information you provide should NOT impact immigration status.
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