The updated isolation guidelines are effective beginning Aug. 15, 2022. Please review these new guidelines carefully and keep this information handy during the semester.
Checklists for Faculty/Staff
- If you receive a positive test result, notify your supervisor and HR Shared Services by phone at 315.443.4042 that you have received confirmation that you have tested positive.
- Isolate for five days; treat Day 0 as the day of symptom onset or (if asymptomatic) the day of collection of the first positive specimen.
- Employees who reside in Onondaga County must complete the county’s Isolation Self Attestation Form and follow all other guidance and reporting instructions on this website.
- Employees who reside in other counties should contact their local county health department for additional guidance.
- If asymptomatic or if symptoms are resolving after five days, you may exit isolation. If your symptoms such as a fever continue after five days, you should wait until you are fever free without medication for 24 hours before leaving isolation. Symptoms such as loss of taste and smell continue for weeks, so should not be considered.
- All those exiting isolation should wear a well-fitting mask while around others for an additional five days.
- There is no testing requirement to come back to work if asymptomatic or if symptoms are resolving after five days of isolation.
- Follow all other instructions that may be provided by the University.
- If you receive a positive test result, notify your supervisor and HR Shared Services by phone at 315.443.4042 that you have received confirmation that you have tested positive.
- Isolate for five days; treat Day 0 as the day of symptom onset or (if asymptomatic) the day of collection of the first positive specimen.
- For example, if your first day of symptoms (or if asymptomatic, the day you provided a sample to be tested) is a Monday (Day 0), the first day of the five-day isolation period will begin on Tuesday (Day 1) and extend through Saturday (Day 5). The individual may exit isolation on Sunday, assuming symptoms (if any) are resolving.
- Employees who reside in Onondaga County must complete the county’s Isolation Self Attestation Form and follow all other guidance and reporting instructions on this website.
- Employees who reside in other counties should contact their local county health department for additional guidance.
- All individuals exiting isolation should wear a well-fitting mask at all times while around others, for an additional five days.
- As per the CDC guidance, there is no testing requirement to come back to work if asymptomatic or if symptoms are resolving after five days of isolation.
- For those working remotely, continue to do so as you are able, in coordination with your supervisor.
- Follow all other instructions that may be provided by the University.
- Regardless of your vaccination status, you should follow all updated CDC Guidelines.
- Wear a well-fitting N95, KN95, or surgical mask around others for at least 5 days.
- Day 0 is the day of your last exposure to positive individual
- Day 1 is your first full day after your last exposure
- 5 full days after your last exposure, get tested using a self-administered test. If you test negative, continue to wear a well-fitting mask around others and monitor your symptoms through day 10.
- If symptoms do appear, seek testing through a community provider, your primary care physician, or an at-home COVID test.
Checklists for Students
- Regardless of your vaccination status, you should follow all updated CDC Guidelines.
- Wear a well-fitting N95, KN95, or surgical mask around others for at least 5 days.
- Day 0 is the day of your last exposure to positive individual
- Day 1 is your first full day after your last exposure
- 5 full days after your last exposure, get tested using a self-administered test. If you test negative, continue to wear a well-fitting mask around others and monitor your symptoms through day 10.
- If symptoms do appear, contact the Barnes Center at 315.443.8000 to schedule a test.
- Report your positive test result to the Barnes Center's Reporting a COVID-19 Test Result webpage.
- A member of the Barnes Center at The Arch staff will send you isolation guidance via email following your positive report.
- A student will isolate in place in their residence hall, South Campus apartment or off-campus apartment for five days, where Day 0 is the day of a positive test or when symptoms began, and Day 1 is the first full day following a positive test. Students also have the option to complete their isolation at home.
- As per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the student may resume essential activities on the morning of Day 6, including attending class. Students should not go to places where they are unable to wear a mask, such as gyms, and avoid eating around others for a full 10 days. They can resume essential activities assuming either of the following:
- The student is asymptomatic, or
- The student’s prior symptoms are resolved/resolving.
- Students whose symptoms have not improved after Day 5 must continue in isolation until symptoms are resolved/resolving.
- Students following modified isolation on the morning of Day 6 must wear a mask (N95, KN95, or surgical) around others at all times for an additional five days.
- Follow all other instructions that may be provided by the University.
- During isolation, your roommate will need to stay in their room except when using the bathroom or going to pick up a "grab and go" meal from the dining hall.
- Students exposed to COVID do not need to quarantine, but we recommend these precautions:
- Wash your hands frequently
- Wipe down shared surfaces frequently
- Limit time in the room
- Keep the windows open in the room if feasible
- Wear a mask while in the room with your roommate except when sleeping
- Wear a mask in public for the next 10 days
- Monitor yourself for symptoms
- If you develop symptoms, take an at-home COVID test
- If you also test positive, fill out the self-report form. The Barnes Center team will give you further guidance on beginning your isolation period.