Pilots Prevent
January 25, 2022
When it comes to protocols for quarantine and isolation, UP follows CDC and Multnomah County Health Authority guidance. But since residential college campuses offer more close contact between people, they’re also a higher-risk setting. That’s why UP also follows guidance from the American College Health Association in determining its quarantine and isolation protocols.
“We are following the county’s quarantine guidance to a T,” says Kaylin Soldat, Interim Co-Director of the Health & Counseling Center. “The isolation protocol is a little different and more strict, but it’s based on specific recommendations for college settings.”
Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 will need to isolate for five days and then take an antigen test through the HCC or their healthcare provider. If the result is negative they are cleared to leave. If it’s positive they will continue to isolate for the full 10 days. Residential students in isolation will move to a room reserved for isolation while they recover and have a care team assigned to them. Read more about what isolation is like here.
If you test positive, please notify your close contacts as soon as possible so they can monitor for symptoms.
Those who find out they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 but don’t test positive are asked to monitor their symptoms closely. If you’re up-to-date on your vaccine series and booster you don’t need to quarantine. If you are not up-to-date or boosted, then you need to quarantine for five days, as per CDC and Oregon Health Authority recommendations.
Quarantine means you stay close to home and limit your contact with others. If you’re on campus, stay home from classes, don’t hang out in communal spaces like Beauchamp or the library, and get your meals to go. “That way if you do develop symptoms there aren’t too many people exposed.”
If you have access to a COVID test after your fifth day of quarantine, you’re encouraged to take a test. If not, just continue to be cautious for another five days. At this time, the HCC doesn’t have the capacity to test students unless they have symptoms.
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