If an Employee Gets COVID
6 min! Run Time
Employees
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Skills covered in this course
Description
What is the protocol if an employee you supervise contracts COVID? In this program, we'll discuss the recommended steps to take at your company, should this happen.
We'll go over monitoring symptoms and understanding what information needs to be reported to the organization by the individual. We'll talk about when to send an employee home, determining who was in close contact with the sick employee, and what "close contact" means, according to the CDC. We'll cover contact tracing and privacy rights of the infected individuals.
We'll go over properly disinfecting your office and knowing what to do if COVID is spread among employees at work. Lastly, we'll talk about quarantining and when it's okay for the individual to come back to work.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
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Frequently Asked Questions
The course explains how to determine who was in close contact with a sick employee, using the definition of "close contact" set by the CDC.
Yes, it addresses contact tracing alongside the privacy rights of employees who have contracted COVID, balancing reporting needs with confidentiality.
Supervisors learn how to properly disinfect the office and what steps to take if COVID spreads among employees at work.
The course covers quarantining guidance and the conditions under which an individual is cleared to come back to work.
The course details what symptom and exposure information a sick employee needs to report, and when a supervisor should send them home.
