COVID-19 Testing

Should you be tested for COVID-19 if you have been exposed?

If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you don’t have to be tested right away. Instead, quarantine yourself for 14 days and monitor your symptoms.

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

Symptoms reported for COVID-19 are similar to influenza and have included mild to severe respiratory illness with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other symptoms include body aches, nausea, diarrhea, loss of taste and smell, or even the feeling of passing out.

The department of public health is now offering COVID-19 drive-through services for COVID-19 testing. They currently offer NP Swab testing.  Register for your COVID-19 test on the Georgia Department of Health Website, starting September 1st.

*Registration must be completed via the scheduling portal, phone appointments will not be accepted.

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What is a Nasal Pharyngeal (NP) Swab test?

This test will require a medical professional to swab the inside of your nose. The test will take approximately 20 seconds and does cause mild discomfort.

COVID-19 Testing Information Pediatric Surgical Patients

As conditions continue to change with a rise in COVID cases in our facilities, AU Health is continuing to adjust to the situation.  In addition to recently reinstating the masking guidelines, we are reinstituting modified family presence, starting at 7am on Wednesday, July 28.

Highlights of these changes include:

• One support person/designated caregiver for adult and pediatric patients for all settings (including periop, ED and clinics); support person may switch out with another support person;
• To ensure physical distancing and to limit exposure, individuals may not wait or congregate in public lobbies or in waiting areas on units;
• Children under age 18 may not enter the hospital unless they are the patient;
• For any exceptions, contact Nursing Supervisor