Maine EMS has released an Operational Bulletin regarding temporary suspension on the use of Binax NOW tests. As this also affects the Playbook used by agencies experiencing a COVID outbreak, we have updated the Playbook to version 3.0. This documents can be reviewed below as well as on the Clinical & Operation Bulletin page, and on the COVID Resource page, under the section titled Personnel Quarantine, Return to Work and other Healthy Resource Documents.
Operational Bulletin on Temporary Suspension of BinaxNOW Use by Maine EMS and COVID+ Responder Playbook Version 3.0 (PDF) (1/21/21)
Response to COVID Outbreaks within Fire and EMS Agencies Playbook Version 3.0 (PDF) (1/21/21)