COVID Testing Consent Form 2021-2022
PLEASE COMPLETE ONE FORM PER CHILD.
The Biddeford and Dayton School Departments seeks to maintain a safe environment for employees, students, their families, and the community. This consent form provides the School Department or its designee with your permission to perform a COVID-19 screening test for your child at school*.
The COVID test will be administered by the school nurse. The test being conducted is the Abbot BinaxNOW, rapid antigen test. A testing sample will be collected from your child’s nose with a swab inserted into the outer cavity of each nostril. The specimen collected for a rapid test (Abbott BinaxNOW) gives results in approximately 15-20 minutes. The school or its designee will communicate the results of your child’s test to you as well as instructions on next steps. The test results will be shared with the Maine CDC for public health reporting.
* For testing purposes, students with one (1) high risk or two (2) or more low-risk symptoms will be tested for COVID-19. For example, if a student has only congestion as a symptom then they would not be a candidate to obtain a test in school. Low-risk symptoms include: new headache, runny nose/congestion, or nausea/vomiting/diarrhea beyond typical symptoms (i.e. allergies). High risk symptoms include: new cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing (not exercise-induced asthma), new loss of taste or smell, fever (100.4 or higher), chills, rigors, or sore throat.