04/25/2020
State of Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Health
COVID-19
Testing Guidance
Anyone with COVID-19-like illness or symptoms can get a test, even without a doctor’s order.
As testing capacity expands, testing is now available for people who:
• Have COVID-19 symptoms (cough, shortness of breath and fever) AND • Have a risk factor, such as
� Contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19
� A compromised immune system or a serious chronic medical condition
Testing is also available for those with or without symptoms who:
• Work in a health care facility
• Work in correctional facilities, such as jails or prisons
• Serve as first responders, such as paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers or firefighters
• Support critical infrastructure, such as workers in grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, gas stations, public utilities, factories, childcare and sanitation
A list of testing sites can be found online at coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/testing-sites or dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid-19-testing-sites.
Questions about COVID‐19? Call 1‐800‐889‐3931 or email [email protected] Illinois Department of Public Health ‐ www.dph.illinois.gov
The Hospital Report was recently updated September 29, 2019. Updates include; Process of Care, Readmission Rates, 30-Day Mortality, Satisfaction survey responses, Emergency Department Services, Hospital Acquired Infection