Key Precautions & Screening

We ask that you focus your efforts on the following key precautions:

• Maintaining a distance of 6 feet from each other, wherever and whenever possible
• Practicing hand hygiene
• Seeking medical attention if experiencing symptoms
• Wearing a mask when you around anyone who is not within your household

Please visit our visiting guidelines for masking and visitor restrictions.

Mandatory Screening

The following are COVID-19 symptoms and to ensure the utmost safety, all patients and visitors will be screened by answering the the following question(s):

Have you developed any of the following symptoms in the last 48 hours?

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or new loss of smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

If you think you have been exposed to COVID-19 and develop any of the symptoms above, please call your primary physician or 2-1-1. Your physician will connect with the Tulare County Public Health Branch to determine if testing is appropriate.

The Tulare County Public Health Officer may be reached at 559-685-5720 or 559-471-7092 after hours and on weekends.