COVID-19

Guidelines for COVID-19 Positive

 

*ALL students, faculty, and staff must submit a COVID test result when submitting an incident report.

Students, faculty, and staff are expected to follow these guidelines when they test positive to COVID-19 in order to prevent the spread within our communities.

Steps for Students, Faculty, or Staff Who are Experiencing COVID Symptoms:

  1. Personal Safety: If you are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, it is essential to prioritize your health and the safety of others. Do not come to campus or clinical.
  1. COVID Testing: Complete a COVID-19 test. Any COVID-19 antigen test is acceptable.
  2. Please see next section if your COVID test is positive.

Steps if you test positive for COVID-19:

  1. Personal Safety: If you test positive for COVID, immediately enter into self-isolation and do not come to campus or clinical.
  2. Incident Reporting and Notification:
    a) Students: Notify clinical instructor, preceptor, and course coordinator/clinical coordinator of your positive COVID test. Submit an Incident Report to the Dean/Director’s office. If you are in clinical, please work with your clinical instructor and the Clinical Placement Office to plan for your return as our clinical partners may have specific requirements.
    b) Faculty: Notify course coordinator/clinical coordinator and dean/director, or appropriate faculty of your positive COVID test. Submit an Incident Report to the Dean/Director’s office and to hr@oakpoint.edu
    c) Staff: Notify immediate supervisor/director of your positive COVID test. Submit an Incident Report to hr@oakpoint.edu
  3. Quarantine and Health Monitoring: Self-isolate for 5 days, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others. Current CDC guidelines indicate that one must be afebrile for 24 hours with other COVID symptoms improved. (Loss of sense of smell/taste may last weeks to months and does not need to delay the end of isolation).
  4. Students are expected to discuss their plans for alternate assignments and/or making up missed classes or clinical with their faculty.

Please note that these guidelines align with the current CDC guidelines. University guidelines will continue to change in accordance with any changes to the CDC guidelines.

*ALL students, faculty, and staff must submit a COVID test result when submitting an incident report.

 

Created: 10-21-2020
Updated: 05-05-2021, 10-01-2021, and 01-03-2022
Revised: 07-06-2023 and 12-21-2023