Residents should self-administer the tests.(Link to CDC guidance for communal residential testing) Test Administration Providers are encouraged to pursue additional testing resources for population screening per CDC recommendations.
Test individuals in quarantine after an exposure.Close contact is defined as anyone within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or longer during a 24-hour period.Test close contacts of COVID-positive individuals within residential programs.Test kits may also be used for the following purposes: Symptoms of COVID-19 include new-onset fever/chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, body aches, headache, loss of smell or taste, sore throat, congestion, nausea/vomiting, and diarrhea.Test residents or staff who work directly with residents, who have symptoms consistent with COVID-19.The goal of the program is to provide test kits for residents and/or staff who may have symptoms of COVID-19, to quickly identify and isolate individuals who may be positive. To request at-home COVID-19 test kits complete this form Who Should Be Tested? OR behavioral health residential facilities which have coordinated COVID-19 care with BCHD’s Outbreak Investigation Team.
Either a licensed and/or accredited residential behavioral health provider located in Baltimore City.Additional supplies may become available but are not guaranteed. In conjunction with Behavioral Health System Baltimore (BHSB), the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) has a limited supply of over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 antigen test kits to distribute to residential behavioral health providers. Rapid COVID-19 Test Kit Guidance for Residential Behavioral Health Providers
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