
Valley Medical Center |
Employee Health Symptoms Survey
This survey is only for Valley employees with new symptoms or a COVID+.
If you develop symptoms of COVID-19 and your symptoms require testing per the Fit for Duty guidelines (link), please seek rapid antigen testing and follow your department’s process for calling out sick as needed. A rapid antigen test is now the preferred method of testing for COVID-19. Since those results are available in 15 minutes or less. Positive tests should still be reported to Employee Health by emailing a photo of the test result to employee_health@valleymed.org; they will communicate with you about when you are cleared to return to work. Employee Health is open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM, apart from VMC’s recognized holidays.
With a negative antigen test you can return to work if you meet the following criteria:
- Fever free for 24 hours without the use of medicines
- No uncontrolled cough
- No uncontrolled nasal secretions
- No active vomiting or diarrhea
If your test is POSITIVE you can return to work on the 6th day of your symptom onset or positive test date, with an N95 mask through the 10th day.