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Dear Education Partners,
In our continued efforts to support your school community’s health and well-being, we are excited to share that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues to offer free over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen tests to all schools in LA County.
As we approach the upcoming spring break season, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and place your orders by March 8, 2024. By doing so, you can ensure that testing resources are readily available for your school community before , during, and after Spring Break.
Key Information:
Free Antigen Tests: Public Health is providing complimentary over-the-counter antigen tests to schools.
Ordering Process: To place an order, submit a request via this linked survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COVID19-Test-Request-Schools-Childcare
Delivery Timeline:
- Once antigen test requests are submitted, processing and delivery can take up to 3 weeks. Please account for this processing and delivery time when submitting requests for spring break.
- If tests are needed to support an active outbreak or an upcoming school or program-based event, please indicate these needs on the survey and your request will be expedited.
- For requests greater than 912 tests (456 boxes), test pick-up is available upon request.
- Points of contact will receive an e-mail with an estimated delivery date and electronic resources:
Please note that the tests you receive will not be expired - the FDA has extended the expiration date of Inteliswab brand tests, which may not be reflected by the date on the box of tests. We have provided the link where you can check for FDA extensions by looking up the lot number. Note, the expiration date on the box is printed as year - month - day. For example, 2023 11 20 means November 20, 2023.
Additional Recommendations and Resources:
Visit our new Education Sector Home page for COVID-19 toolkits, communicable disease prevention and response in schools, and cardiovascular and school health tips!
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/pie/Education/edsitemap.htm
Additional information is included in the attached documents. For questions regarding ordering, please contact Public Health’s Test Kit Distribution Project Development & Logistics Unit (PDLU) at nCovid-TLT@ph.lacounty.gov. For all other questions, please contact the Public Health’s Education Sector Unit (ESU) at dph-education@ph.lacounty.gov.
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