Taken from DOH website 16th July 2021 https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-song-novel-coronavirus.htm
Testing
Individuals meeting the suspect case definition should be tested for SARS-CoV-2, regardless of vaccination status.
Individuals meeting the enhanced testing criteria should be tested for SARS-CoV-2. However, if presentation for enhanced testing is within 48 hours of receiving a vaccine, in the absence of respiratory symptoms (including loss of smell), testing may not be required.
Suspect Case
A suspect case is a person who meets the below clinical and epidemiological criteria.
Clinical evidence (in the past 14 days):
• Fever (≥37.5 °C) or history of fever (e.g. night sweats, chills); or
• Acute respiratory infection (e.g. cough, shortness of breath, sore throat); or
• Loss of smell or loss of taste.
Epidemiological evidence (in the past 14 days):
• Close contact with a confirmed case (refer to Close contacts below)
• International travel, with the exception of green zone countries (e.g. New Zealand)
• Workers supporting designated COVID-19 quarantine and isolation services
• International border staff
• International air and maritime crew
• Health, aged or residential care workers and staff with potential COVID-19 patient contact
• People who have been in a setting where there is a COVID-19 case
• People who have been in areas with recent local transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Clinical and public health judgement should be used in assessing if hospitalised patients with non-specific signs of infection and/or patients who do not meet the clinical or epidemiological criteria should be considered suspect cases.
Enhanced Testing
Testing beyond the suspect case definition should be undertaken on persons with:
- fever (≥37.5°C) or
- history of fever (e.g. night sweats, chills) or
- loss of smell or loss of taste, where no other clinical focus of infection or alternate explanation of the patient’s illness is evident, OR
- acute respiratory infection (e.g. cough, shortness of breath, sore throat)
- Notes:
- It is recommended that temperature is measured using a tympanic, oral or other thermometer proven to consistently and accurately represent peripheral body temperature.
- Other reported symptoms of COVID-19 include: fatigue, runny nose, acute blocked nose (congestion), muscle pain, joint pain, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting and loss of appetite. Testing beyond the suspect case definition may, based on the clinical and public health judgement of the treating clinician, include individuals with sudden and unexplained onset of one or more of these other symptoms.
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