COVID-19 antigen tests available for you to pick at no cost at:

• Howard Gittis Student Center,
• Charles Library,
• TECH Center, and
• Student Health office 1700 N. Broad St., 4th Floor.

Below are a few links to help you find testing options.  The best way to find a Covid testing site is to check with your local or state department of health.  Below are a few of the links for the surrounding states.  Also CVS locations across the country have testing options. 

Please stay healthy and continue to follow the four public health pillars.

https://www.phila.gov/covid-testing-sites/

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx

https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/testing

https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-testing

https://coronavirus.delaware.gov/testing/

https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/symptoms-testing

https://cvshealth.com/covid-19/testing-information-locations

1. Refer to CDC guidance in order to understand what your test result means and what kind of test you obtained.
2. If you experience mild symptoms of COVID-19, you should begin isolation immediately, but you do not need to seek emergency medical care. Please see the CDC website for a list of possible symptoms. 
   1. Seek emergency medical care immediately if you are experiencing more severe symptoms, including the following.
      • Trouble breathing
      • Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
      • New confusion
      • Inability to wake or stay awake
      • Bluish lips or face
   2. Call 911 or call ahead to your local emergency facility and notify them that you may have COVID-19.
3. Isolate from others even if your symptoms are very mild. While the test is a useful diagnostic tool, the most important step you can take is to stop the spread of the disease. Stay home except to get emergency medical care and do not interact with other individuals. You will need to isolate for a minimum of 5 days and for at least 24 hours after the resolution of fever and other symptoms without the use of fever-reducing medication.  You can leave isolation on day 6 but should wear a mask through day 10.  
4. If you tested positive outside of Temple Student or Employee Health Go to Patient Health Portal to:
   • Upload a copy of your COVID-19 test results.
5. Once you upload your positive test, you will receive a message from Student and Employee Health Services with instructions. 

1. If you have symptoms, test immediately.

   • If you are only going to take a single test, a PCR test will provide a more reliable negative test result.

   • If you use an antigen test, a positive result is reliable, but a negative test is not always accurate.

   • If your antigen test is negative, take another antigen test after 48 hours or take a PCR test as soon as you can.

2. If you experience symptoms of COVID-19, you should also begin isolation immediately, Please see the CDC website for a list of possible symptoms. 
   1. Seek emergency medical care immediately if you are experiencing more severe symptoms, including the following.
      • Trouble breathing
      • Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
      • New confusion
      • Inability to wake or stay awake
      • Bluish lips or face
   2. Call 911 or call ahead to your local emergency facility and notify them that you may have COVID-19
3. Isolate from others even if you have not yet received a COVID-19 test. While the test is a useful diagnostic tool, the most important step you can take is to stop the spread of the disease. Stay home except to seek emergency medical care and do not interact with other individuals. You will need to isolate for a minimum of 5 days and for at least 24 hours after the resolution of fever and other symptoms without the use of fever-reducing medication.  You should continue to wear a mask for an additional 5 days.  

1. A close contact is defined as being closer than six feet, for equal to or greater than 15 minutes to a person who has tested positive for or is presumed to have COVID-19. If you are identified as a close contact or you identify yourself as a close contact, it does not mean that you will develop symptoms for or test positive for COVID-19, but you most closely monitor yourself for the onset of symptoms. While being identified or self-identifying as a close contact is not an emergency situation, per se, it is very important that you take steps immediately to monitor your symptoms, get tested and limit interaction with those who are at high risk of severe disease.
2. If you are experiencing symptoms for COVID-19, please refer to the guidance above and begin isolation
3. Per CDC guidance, close contacts of a known COVID-19 positive case should obtain a test five days following the last day of exposure to the positive case. Getting tested earlier greatly increases the chances that the test is not accurate and could be a false negative.  If using rapid at home antigen tests we recommend testing on day 5 and taking a 2nd test 48 hours later.