Post screening information

You have been screened for coronavirus (COVID-19)

What happens next

It may take a few days before you receive your test results. We appreciate your patience during this time.

You must now stay at home and self-quarantine while awaiting results:

• Self-quarantine means you must stay in your home at all times.
• You cannot leave your house for any reason unless it is an emergency, or you need medical help.
• You cannot have visitors to your home.

If your result is negative

If your result is negative, you will receive a text message to advise you. You may then resume activities once your symptoms subside, unless:

• you are a close contact of a known case, in which case you must still self-quarantine for the required 14 days,
• you have visited a public exposure site, in which case you should check the Department of Health and Human Services website for details of self-quarantine requirements, or,
• you have returned from New South Wales, in which case you should check the Department of Health and Human Services website for details of self-quarantine requirements.

If you have not received your results after 3 days

• Or, call 1300 134 111 if you were tested at one of the following sites:
  • Casey Fields drive-through
  • Pakenham drive-through

If your result is positive

If your result is positive, you will receive a phone call from the Department of Health and Human Services to advise you. Please contact your GP to advise them you have been tested for COVID-19 and your results were processed by:

• Monash Health Pathology Lab if you were tested at one of the following sites:
  • Casey walk-in
  • Clayton walk-in
  • Dandenong drive-through
  • Dandenong walk-in

• Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) Pathology if you were tested at one of the following sites:
  • Casey Fields drive-through
  • Pakenham drive-through