Healthy Restart for Employers & Schools
Videos

Dr. Keith Armitage, Medical Director of UH Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine & Global Health, discusses the value of a COVID-19 (coronavirus) antibody test.

Employers may be approached by vendors selling COVID-19 tests for employees. But employers should exercise caution, says Christine Schmotzer, MD, UH Division Chief, Clinical Pathology, as the quality of these tests vary widely.

When you undergo a viral test for coronavirus, what exactly takes place? And what is the process after the sample is collected? Christine Schmotzer, MD, UH Division Chief, Clinical Pathology, describes swabbing and what occurs later in the lab.

UH does not recommend that employers use COVID-19 tests to decide if employees can return to work. Christine Schmotzer, MD, UH Division Chief, Clinical Pathology, explains why.

UH Rainbow pediatric infectious disease specialist Amy Edwards, MD, explains why the CDC now recommends wearing a mask.

The coronavirus can live on some surfaces for days, says Infectious disease specialist Keith Armitage, MD, of the UH Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine & Global Health.