Aims and key messaging

Aims

Assist all employees to understand the importance of regular testing for Covid19.
Explain the different types of Covid19 tests and the process involved.
To ensure all employees have access to Covid19 tests or know how to access these.
Provide employees with guidance and support regarding regular Covid19 testing.
Ensure that managers support employees with the testing process.
To outline the rules that must be followed if an employee tests positive for coronavirus.

Around 1 in 3 people with COVID-19 have no symptoms but may be passing the virus on to loved ones, friends and the wider community without knowing it.
Not everyone who has coronavirus will have symptoms, so people could be spreading the disease without knowing it.
Testing for positive cases and encouraging those people to self-isolate means we have a better chance of stopping the virus spreading.
The community testing partnership initiative, working with the Scottish Government, aims to drive down local COVID-19 rates and transmission by identifying positive cases more quickly, as people can spread the virus to others before symptoms appear.
Anyone who receives a positive test result will be asked to self-isolate. Dedicated support is available to anyone who needs to self-isolate.
Vaccinated employees should also be encouraged to continue testing as it may still be possible for them to pass on the virus.
Testing is voluntary for all staff.

Page last updated:
09 Jul 2021

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