Get tested for COVID-19 as a DPH or UCSF employee

The Employee COVID-19 Hotline and Testing Center provides COVID-19 and work status guidance to ensure timely and safe return to the workplace for Department of Public Health (DPH) and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) employees working at specified DPH sites.

Services

• COVID-19 screening
• Flu/RSV screening (during Flu season only)
• COVID-19 diagnostic testing
• Seasonal Flu/RSV diagnostic testing
• Surveillance testing
• Isolation guidance
• Return to work guidance
• Exposure guidance
• Exposure testing guidance
• COVID-19 outbreak surveillance
• Contact tracing

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

• Department of Public Health (DPH) employees
• University of California San Francisco (UCSF) employees
• DPH Contractors
• DPH Nursing and Dental students
• DPH Volunteers

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Employees*

• Working at a ZSFG or DPH site*

San Francisco Health Network Primary Clinics

• Castro Mission Health Center (CMHC)
• Children's Health Center (CHC)
• Chinatown Public Health Center (CPHC)
• Community Health Programs for Youth (CHPY)
• Curry Senior Center
• Family Health Center (FHC)
• Maxine Hall Health Center (MHHC)
• Ocean Park Health Center (OPHC)
• Potrero Hill Health Center (PHHC)
• Positive Health Clinic in Ward 86
• Primary Care Central Team
• Richard Fine People's Clinic 1M (RFPC)
• Silver Avenue Family Health Center (SAFHC)
• Southeast Health Center (SEHC)
• Special Programs for Youth (SPY)
• Tom Waddell Urban Health Center

DPH Jail Health

• Limited services for Sheriffs

Sheriff's Department

• Working at ZSFG or Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH)

Other DPH affiliated sites

Call the hotline

628-206-4100

For help during the hotline's regular hours, please call 628-206-4100. You may also drop in to our Employee COVID-19 Testing Center.

For help outside of our normal business hours, please call 628-206-4100. Please leave a message and a member of our team will contact you on the next day of operation. You may also complete our online Employee COVID-19 Screener or email us for more information.

Employee COVID-19 Screener

Complete our online Employee COVID-19 Screener if you are experiencing symptoms, had a recent exposure, or tested positive for COVID-19. The screener is available 24-7.

A member of our team will contact you during our normal operating hours.

Call the hotline

628-206-4100

1. Do not go to work. Follow your department's sick call policy.
2. Call the Employee COVID Hotline to report your positive test result.
   
   For help during the hotline's regular hours, please call 628-206-4100. You may also email your positive COVID-19 test result to ohs@sfdph.org.
   
   For help outside of our normal business hours, please call 628-206-4100. Please leave a message and a member of our team will contact you on the next day of operation. You may also email us at ohs@sfdph.org for more information.
3. Contact your doctor for medical management.

You can test out of isolation two ways:

In person

You may test out at our Employee COVID-19 Testing Center before your next planned work shift during our normal operating hours.

Online

Submit a picture of your negative COVID-19 test result that includes the time and date the test was completed along with your work badge to OHS@sfdph.org.

Please include a copy of your completed "Testing Out of Isolation Requirements Form" that was sent along with your Isolation letter. You must meet all criteria listed on the "Testing Out of Isolation Requirements Form" to test out.

Please write "SECURE" in the email subject line.

You will not immediately receive a "Return To Work " letter. A team member will contact you and a letter will be sent to you and your manager after the team member has spoken with you.

Please wear an N95 respirator mask at all times until you have spoken with a member of our staff.