ICMR: People who need #not be tested:
1. Asymptomatic individuals in community settings
2. Contacts of confirmed cases of #COVID19 unless identified as high risk based on age or co-morbidities
3. Patients who stand discharged as per home isolation guidelines
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ICMR: People who need #not be tested:
4. Patients being discharged from a COVID-19 facility as per revised discharge policy
5. Individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travel
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Who may be tested:
A. In community settings:
1. Symptomatic (cough, fever, sore throat, loss of taste and/or smell, breathlessness and/or
other respiratory symptoms) individuals.
2. At-risk contacts of laboratory confirmed cases. {elderly (>60yr) & with co-morbidity}
Who may be tested:
A. In community settings:
3. Individuals undertaking international travel (as per country-specific requirements).
4. International travelers arriving at Indian airports/seaports/ports of entries as per laid down
guidelines.
Who may be tested:
B. In Hospital Settings:
5. Testing may be undertaken as per discretion of the treating doctor with the following
considerations:
No emergency procedure (including surgeries and deliveries) should be delayed for lack
of a test.
Who may be tested:
B. In Hospital Settings:
Patients should not be referred to other facilities for lack of a testing facility. All
arrangements should be made to collect and transfer samples to testing facilities,
mapped to the health facility.
Who may be tested In Hospital:
Asymptomatic patients undergoing surgical / non-surgical invasive procedures including
pregnant women in/near labour should not be tested unless warranted or symptoms develop.
Admitted patients may not be tested more than once a week.
.@ICMRDELHI Advisory on #Purposive #Testing Strategy for #COVID-19 in India
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