Due to the high demand for a telephone tracking infections, the municipality of Stavanger had to rethink the registration of infection cases. You can now go to the municipality's website and register your positive covid-19 test result yourself.
- It improves and ensures the quality of our work. Once registered, you'll receive an SMS with instructions on how to behave, says infection control chief Ruth Midtgarden.
People don't have to queue up anymore
The infection detection team had to change their procedures as it is no longer possible to summon anyone who received a positive response to the quick test. The PCR test result is from healthcare as before.
- It is also positive that people no longer have to stand in the telephone line when they have to report that they are infected. Now they can go to the municipality's website and it's easy to register it themselves, emphasizes Midtgarden.
If the test result was positive, you need to register the test result on https://hjemmetest.remin.no/stavanger
You will receive an SMS confirming that your quick test has been registered with instructions on what to do next. People who accepted PCR test as the only one, they will also receive an SMS with instructions.
Inform your workplace, school and daycare if you have an infection/positive test. If you are an employee health service, inform your supervisor as soon as possible. Different isolation and quarantine regulations apply to the delta and omicron variants. Suspected and confirmed cases of omicron will be investigated by the infection detection team.
The PCR test can be ordered from helsenorge.no
If the Rapid Test was positive, order a PCR test to confirm the test result. The PCR test can be ordered from helsenorge.no. You should be able to order a PCR test within 24 hours. If there is no free time on the same day, book the next day.
Quick tests for household members can be picked up at various collection points.
More information on website www.stavanger.kommune.no / crown
Source: Stavanger Municipality
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