If You Have COVID Symptoms
Self-monitor to make sure you are safe to be at work before entering a MaineHealth facility.
Care team members with COVID-19 symptoms in the last 48 hours, including fever of 100 degrees or greater, chills, new cough, shortness of breath, sore throat or runny nose:
- For the safety of our patients and care team, please take a home COVID-19 test before coming to work.
| If you test positive, please complete this EMPLOYEE COVID TEST POSITIVE form. |
- For more information, review the MaineHealth return-to-work guidance.
Care team members who have been exposed to COVID-19 and do not have symptoms:
- May continue to work and should monitor for symptoms.
- No longer need to test post-exposure if no symptoms are present.
Questions? Please call 207-661-4011.
If you test positive:
Return-to-work guide:
Masking Guidance - Effective March 18, 2024
MaineHealth does not require care team members to mask during all direct patient care interactions. Care team members who wish to continue masking may do so. In addition, if patients or family members request that you mask, please honor that request by masking for those clinical encounters. Masking is also required when indicated as part of transmission-based precautions (for example, during care of patients with infections that require droplet or airborne precautions).
We continue to strongly encourage all care team members to monitor for symptoms of respiratory viral illness and stay home when symptomatic, as outlined by Employee Health. The Respiratory Virus Response workgroup will continue to monitor respiratory virus activity in the region and will recommend changes as needed. Please direct questions about masking to a member of your local infection prevention team.