COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan - Steps MPHI Will Take if An Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

In Michigan, for example, the governor has issued an executive order that states that an employee who tests positive should remain home for (1) 24 hours have passed since the resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications; (2) 10 days have passed since their symptoms first appeared or they were swabbed for the test that yielded the positive results; and (3) other symptoms have i. [...] Provide notification (such as a letter) to any co-workers, vendors, clients, customers or visitors who may have come into contact with the Employee, to explain the situation and the precautions the Institute is taking to safety resume operations. [...] Communicate with the Employee and with local health officials (if available) to identify all other employees who came in “close contact” with the Employee. [...] If the possibility of contact cannot reliably be refuted, the prudent course is to send the employee home, even if they continue to disagree.) 1. [...] Suspend operations in the areas where the Employee – or others who had close contact with the Employee – worked or spent any appreciable amount of time.