Table 2:

Alberta Health Services COVID-19 risk assessment screening questions^*

1. Have you returned to Canada from outside the country (including the US) in the past 14 days?	Yes	No
2. Do you live with or have had close contact^† (within 2 m/6 ft) with a person with an influenza-like illness who has travelled outside of Canada within the last 14 days before their illness?	Yes	No
3. Do you live with or have had close contact^† (within 2 m/6 ft) with someone who is ill with fever and/or cough and influenza-like illness symptoms?	Yes	No
4. Have you had close contact^† (within 2 m/6 ft) with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19?	Yes	No
If the answer is “No” to all of the above, the patient is considered low risk.

Note: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019, PPE = personal protective equipment.
↵* Questionnaire used during the study period to determine the need for isolation, but not specifically to guide testing.
↵† A close contact is an individual who provided care for the person who was ill, including health care workers, family members or other caregivers, or who had other similar close physical contact without consistent and appropriate use of PPE, or lived with or otherwise had close prolonged contact (within 2 m/6 ft) with a person while they were ill, or had direct contact with infectious bodily fluids of a person (e.g., was coughed or sneezed on) while not wearing recommended PPE.