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If you responded YES to any of the above questions, access to campus is not authorized unless you (1) comply with the following standards (based on the CDC’s guidelines for Discontinuation of Home Isolation and When to Quarantine), which may require quarantine or isolation for a period of time, and (2) have been approved to return to campus by the Office of Human Resources.
Mandatory quarantine after exposure:
- • Anyone who has an exposure to COVID-19 when you are not fully vaccinated must not visit campus for 14 days after the date of the last exposure.
- • Stay home for 14 days after your last contact with a person who has COVID-19. Watch for fever (100.4°F), cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19. Stay away from others, especially people who are at higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19.
- • You are encouraged to receive viral testing approximately 3-5 days post-exposure. Note that if a person tests negative for COVID-19 after an exposure, it means that the person may not have had COVID-19 at the time of testing. A negative test result does not eliminate the possibility that the exposed person could develop COVID-19 during the remainder of the 14-day virus incubation period.
- • Fully vaccinated individuals are typically not required to quarantine or test after an exposure; however, they must carefully and frequently self-monitor for symptoms. (See Vaccinated Person’s Quarantine, below)
- • Stay home if you begin experiencing any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 or are diagnosed with COVID-19 and follow corresponding protocols for returning to campus after experiencing signs or symptoms or a diagnosis of COVID-19.
Options to Reduce Quarantine if Asymptomatic after Exposure
- • If you are not fully vaccinated and exposed to COVID-19:
- • Quarantine can end 10 days after your last exposure without testing if you have had no symptoms during daily monitoring.
- • Quarantine can end 7 days after last exposure if a diagnostic specimen tests negative and if no symptoms were reported during daily monitoring. The specimen may be collected and tested within 48 hours before the time of planned quarantine discontinuation (e.g., in anticipation of testing delays), but quarantine cannot be discontinued earlier than after Day 7.
- • Any person experiencing symptoms after exposure to COVID-19, must follow the guidelines for returning to campus applicable to a symptomatic individual (unless the symptoms have been diagnosed as something other than COVID-19 by a healthcare provider).
Vaccinated Persons’ Quarantine:
Vaccinated persons with an exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not required to quarantine if they meet all of the following criteria:
- • Are fully vaccinated (i.e., ≥2 weeks following receipt of the second dose in a 2-dose series, or ≥2 weeks following receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine), and,
- • Have remained asymptomatic since the current COVID-19 exposure (or their symptoms have been diagnosed as something other than COVID-19 by a healthcare provider).
Vaccinated persons who do not meet all of the above criteria should continue to follow current quarantine guidance after exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 set forth above.
Mandatory Isolation for COVID-19 Illness:
- • Anyone with COVID-19 signs or symptoms must not visit campus until they have had no fever for at least 24 hours (without the use of fever reducing medicine), the other symptoms have improved, and at least 10 days have passed since the symptoms first appeared.
- • Anyone with signs or symptoms of COVID-19 that are diagnosed by a healthcare provider as something other than COVID-19 must take all appropriate precautions for their condition, including staying home when sick with any illness that may be transmitted in the workplace
- • Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 but does not have any symptoms must not visit campus until at least 10 days have passed since the date of the first positive test and they continue to have no symptoms since the test. For 3 more days, the individual must stay at least 6 feet away from others and wear a face mask covering their nose and mouth when other people are present both indoors and outdoors.
- • Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 AND has had any symptoms of illness must not visit campus until at least one day has passed without a fever (without the use of fever reducing medicine) and other symptoms have improved and at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.
- • Anyone who has tested negative for COVID-19 AND has had any symptoms of illness must consult with their healthcare provider for return to campus recommendations. This documentation must be provided to the appropriate University representative, and approved, prior to the student or staff member returning to on-campus activities.
- • If, due to the individual’s particular circumstances, additional procedures related to the discontinuation of home isolation are recommended by the individual’s health care provider, a local public health official, or the CDC (e.g. a longer home isolation, testing prior to discontinuation of home isolation, etc.), those recommendations must be followed.
If you responded NO to all of the above questions (or if you responded YES to any question and you meet the conditions for authorized access set forth above, as applicable), please read and submit the certification below.
READ AND SUBMIT THE CERTIFICATION.
By submitting this questionnaire below, you certify that your responses to the above questions are true, you meet the all of the conditions for authorized access to campus set forth above (as applicable), and that you will comply with the precautions for preventing the spread of COVID-19 as required by the University, including the following:
- • Do not visit the University's campus if you have (or recently had) signs or symptoms, a diagnosis, or potential exposure to COVID-19 unless you meet the above criteria for authorized access to campus.
- • Wear a facial covering and keep a social distance at all times while on campus, if not fully vaccinated.
- • Wash your hands frequently for at least 20 seconds, especially after coughing, sneezing, using the bathroom, or touching items in a public space. Use hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available.
- • Avoid touching your face. Also avoid touching all high-touch surfaces. If this cannot be avoided, wash your hands immediately afterward.
- • The University requires compliance with all COVID-19 precautions recommended by the CDC or required by local government/public health officials. COVID-19 precautions must be taken at all times while on campus no matter how many people are on campus.
- • Visitors who experience signs or symptoms of COVID-19 (that have not been diagnosed by a healthcare professional as something other than COVID-19) while on campus must report that fact to Police Chief Kevin Koo at 513-244-4226.
- • Employees who have signs or symptoms that have not been diagnosed by a healthcare professional as something other than COVID-19, have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or have been exposed to COVID-19 when not fully vaccinated must report that fact to Director of Office of Human Resources Lisa Kobman at 513-244-4979.
- • Students who have signs or symptoms that have not been diagnosed by a healthcare professional as something other than COVID-19, have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or have been exposed to COVID-19 when not fully vaccinated must report that fact to Health Services Manager Amy Metzger at 244-4408.