KDHE Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing
Kansas COVID-19 PUI Criteria, Testing Form, and Shipping Guidance (03/18/2020)
Facilities and providers should prioritize using internal or commercial laboratory testing for COVID-19. The
following reference labs offer COVID-19 testing; Quest Diagnostics (test code 39433), LabCorp (test code
139900), Mayo Clinic Laboratories (test code ZW282), and Viracor (test code 8398). Testing at the Kansas
Health and Environmental Laboratories will be prioritized for public health purposes and urgent need.
If you are unable to test at a reference laboratory, fill out the following criteria to ensure that your
patient meets the definition of a Person Under Investigation (PUI) and will be approved for testing.
Close contact^ with a person that
has laboratory-confirmed
COVID-19 and developed
symptoms within 14 days of
contact
and
Measured fever above 100°F
or
Lower
respiratory illness (cough or
shortness of breath).
If the Epidemiologic Risk criterion and Clinical
Features criterion are not met, COVID-19 testing
will not be conducted.
History of travel outside of Kansas
within 14 days of symptom onset
and
Measured fever above 100°F
and
Lower respiratory symptoms (cough or shortness of
breath)
and
Other respiratory tests were performed and are
negative
If the Epidemiologic Risk criterion and all three
Clinical Features criteria are not met, COVID-19
testing will not be conducted.
No source of exposure has been
identified
Kansas resident in a county
with sustained community
transmission*
and
Severe respiratory illness
and
Hospitalized
and
Other respiratory tests
were performed and are
negative
If the Epidemiologic Risk criterion and all three
Clinical Features criteria are not met, COVID-19
testing will not be conducted.
^Being wi
thin 6 feet for a prolonged period (10 minutes or longer) or having direct contact with infectious
secretions of a COVID-19 case (e.g., being coughed on)
*Currently this only includes Johnson County