PROVINCIALLY/PUBLICALLY FUNDED PCR TEST

Patient Eligibility

1. Symptomatic (people who fall into one of the following groups:

   • Patient-facing healthcare workers (e.g. Pharmacist, Doctor, Nurse, Dentist, Optometrist, PSW, etc…)

   • Staff/Volunteers/Residents/Inpatients/Essential Care Providers in highest risk settings

     • Hospital (including complex continuing care facilities and paramedic services)

     • Congregate living settings (Long-Term Care, Retirement Homes, First Nation elder care lodges, group homes, shelters, hospices and correctional institutions)

   • Household members of workers in highest risk settings

   • Temporary Foreign Workers in congregate living settings

   • Patients seeking emergency medical care, at the discretion of the treating clinician

   • Pregnant people

   • People who are underhoused or homeless

   • First responders (Fire/Police/Paramedics)

   • Outpatient (immunocompromised)

2. Symptomatic/Asymptomatic People:

   • First Nation / Inuit / Metis

     • and individuals travelling into these communities for work

   • Close contacts and people in the context of confirmed or suspected outbreaks in highest risk settings as directed by Region of Waterloo Public Health