CHS provides COVID-19 testing with limited supplies.

Rainier and Sacagawea are following OHA and CDC protocol for prioritizing testing with our limited supply.OHA recommends that people with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the following groups be highest priority for COVID-19 testing: 

1. Healthcare workers and first responders (EMS, public safety workers) 
   
2. Residents, staff, children, or other people in a care facility or group living setting (e.g., healthcare facility, residential care facility, school, migrant or seasonal farm worker camp, child care, or corrections)
   
3. Workers who provide direct care or service in multiple group facilities or who provide in-home services (e.g. hospice care workers, physical or occupational therapists, in home personal care workers, etc.) 
   
4. Essential front-line service workers who have regular contact with large numbers of people (e.g., those working in grocery stores, pharmacies, food service, transportation, delivery, and other critical infrastructure services) 
   
5. Patients 60 years of age or older 
   
6. Patients with underlying medical conditions, including, but not limited to hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, lung disease, and immunocompromising conditions 
   
7. People who identify as Black, African-American, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander or as having a disability; data indicate that these communities are at higher risk for COVID-19 and associated complications due to longstanding social and health inequities 
   
8. People from linguistically diverse populations due to longstanding social and health inequities 
   
9. Pregnant women 
   
10. Patients whose condition requires hospitalization
    
11. Patients who had contact with a suspect or lab-confirmed COVID-19 patient within 14 days of their symptom onset
    
    Patients with symptoms who do not fit in these categories may also be tested, if supply allows.
    
    For additional information about testing, check out this SELF-CHECKER