COVID-19 Guidance for Positive Cases and Contacts

The Iowa Department of Public Health's Epi Manual provides the latest recommendations for controlling further spread and preventing disease.  Recommendations for handling positive cases and contacts (vaccinated and unvaccinated) can be found in this document: 

• Epi Manual - COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)

Employers can use these strategies to limit exposures to COVID-19:

• Actively encourage employees to stay home if they are sick or have been exposed to COVID-19:
  • Follow the CDC's Quarantine and Isolation recommendations
• Give employees, customers, and visitors what they need to clean their hands and cover their coughs and sneezes
• Perform routine environmental cleaning
• Allow employees to work from home if possible; plan for extended working from home
• Protect employees at higher risk for severe illness through supportive policies and practices
• Ensure flexible leave policies for staff who are ill

Information adapted from: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html

Business Resources from the Iowa Department of Public Health & CDC

• Guidance for Businesses and Employers
• Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers
• Disinfecting Your Facility if Someone Becomes Sick

For additional COVID-19 guidance or consultation for Iowa businesses, contact [email protected]

COVID-19 Vaccine Planning

• Scott County Health Department's COVID-19 Vaccine Page
• COVID-19 Vaccine Planning Q&A