DHEC continues to work with federal, state and local partners as it investigates COVID-19 cases in South Carolina. DHEC’s top priority remains protecting the public during this national and state emergency.
- NEW - Increase in Fatal Drug Overdoses Across the United States Driven by Synthetic Opioids Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- NEW - Options to Shorten Quarantine for COVID-19
- NEW - Reporting of all COVID-19 Laboratory Results
- Health Care Providers and Organizations Can Apply to Receive and Administer Vaccines
- School & Childcare Exclusion for COVID-19 Guidelines for Healthcare Providers
- UPDATED - Provider Survey for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration
- Updated Interim Guidance on Testing for SARS-CoV-2
- Overview of Isolation and Quarantine for COVID-19
- Reporting of COVID-19 Positive and Negative Laboratory Results
- UPDATED - Interim Guidance on Ending Isolation for COVID-19 Infection and Healthcare Worker Return to Work
- Serious Adverse Health Events Associated with Methanol-based Hand Sanitizers
- Resources to provide to COVID-19 cases and close contacts
- Interim Guidance on testing of close contacts to a confirmed case of COVID-19
- Detection of Ciprofloxacin-resistant, β-lactamase-producing Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup Y Isolates, United States, 2019–2020
- COVID-19 Antibody Testing Guidance
- COVID-19 Testing Considerations for Community Healthcare Providers
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Continuing Hepatitis A Vaccination amid COVID-19 Response (PDF)
- COVID-19 Antibody Testing for Immunity & Return-to-Work Decisions - (PDF)
- Updated Reporting Criteria for 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) - (PDF)
- COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance Update & N95 Optimization Strategies - (PDF)
- Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Case Follow-up, Guidelines for Isolation and Quarantine and Cloth Mask Use - (PDF)
- Testing Prioritization for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Laboratory Testing and Case Reporting - (PDF)
- Latest Guidance on the Discontinuation of Isolation and Quarantine & DHEC Guidance on the Management of Healthcare Personnel (HCPs) who are positive for COVID-19 or exposed to COVID-19 patients - (PDF)
- Updated DHEC and CDC Guidance on COVID-19 Patient Testing & Global / River Cruises (COVID-19) - (PDF)
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