Additional students added to required weekly saliva screening

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Additional students added to required weekly saliva screening CSU-Community <csu-community-bounces@lists.colostate.edu> on behalf of

Pandemic Preparedness Team <pandemicplanning@colostate.edu> Wed 2/3/2021 12:22 PM

To: All Students, Faculty, Staff and Associates <csu-community@lists.colostate.edu>

Juniors, seniors, graduate students, professional students and second bachelor students attending one or more a face-to-face courses or labs are required to screen weekly for COVID starting Monday,

Feb. 8.

This new requirement is being put in place by the Pandemic Preparedness Team, adding to other groups already required to screen, outlined here.

Do not go to the saliva screening location if you have symptoms! If you have symptoms, you must

report them through the COVID Reporter and you should not submit a saliva sample. The Public Health office will contact you to set up a test, or you should go to another location that tests individuals with symptoms.

The COVID website has the following information: A map of the screening location

Screening hours

Required screening registration link Required link to scheduler

Exemptions continue to apply, including individuals who are taking online courses only and who are not living in university housing or a fraternity or sorority house and employees who are exclusively working remotely. In addition, anyone who has tested positive does not have to screen until 90 days since their positive test have passed. For more information about exemptions, visit

https://covid.colostate.edu/kb/mandatory-covid-screening-for-students-faculty-and-staff/. Watch this link for future information about how completing a vaccine protocol will apply to exemptions.

The university cannot screen individuals who are family members of students, faculty and staff, with the exception of some people are living in University Village or Aggie Family (see more at

https://covid.colostate.edu/kb/mandatory-covid-screening-for-students-faculty-and-staff/). Thank you,

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Mandatory COVID screening for

students, faculty and staff

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1. Registration and Scheduler

2. Groups currently exempt from mandatory screening

COVID INFORMATION & RESOURCES

Updated February 3

Beginning Monday, Feb. 8, the following students, faculty and staff are required, per university policy, to screen weekly.

All juniors, seniors, graduate students, professional students and second bachelor students who are attending one or more face-to-face courses or labs.

All students living in university housing

All students living in a fraternity or sorority house

All freshman and sophomores in one or more face-to-face class or lab course

All staff who are regularly, physically on a CSU campus or other university grounds in Larimer County, this includes staff involved in research

All faculty, instructors and graduate teaching assistants who are teaching a face-to-face or lab course who are regularly, physically on a CSU campus or other university grounds in Larimer County

Any student, faculty or staff member who is not required to screen may still participate in screening as often as they wish, including employees who do not work in Larimer County, such as Extension, Forest Service and Agricultural Experiment Station employees.

Additional students, faculty and staff will be added to a mandatory schedule in the coming weeks.

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To screen, all students, faculty and staff must:

Register for screening

Schedule a screening. Sign in with your EID email (Jane Doe would sign in as janed@colostate.edu), not your first.last@colostate.edu

Screening at CSU is only available to students, faculty and staff; CSU does not offer screening to the public or to family members.

CSU does not charge students, faculty and staff to screen.

Spring semester saliva screening hours

Map of saliva screening location

Groups currently exempt from mandatory screening

Students who are taking online classes only and who are not living in university housing or a fraternity or sorority house, and employees who are working remotely exclusively and are not regularly on a campus or CSU worksite in Larimer County are not expected to screen on this schedule. It is, however, permissible for individuals in these later groups to occasionally visit university grounds for very brief periods of time, such as to pick up mail, a file or library materials, and not be screened weekly.

Anyone who has tested positive in the last 90 days by testing at a CSU testing site OR who has submitted proof of a positive test from a non-CSU site to CSU Public Health

should not screen until 90 days have passed since their positive test. Screening within 90 days of a positive test often results in another positive test result (and the individual is no longer considered COVID positive).

Anyone who is experiencing symptoms, believes they may have been exposed, or is concerned about their work, living or academic environment should report through the

COVID Reporter and should not go to the saliva screening location. A public health official will follow up and arrange a nasal swab test.

Any student, faculty or staff member may choose to screen as often as they want to at a CSU screening site. Testing is also available at non-university sites (See other locations to get tested).

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Colleges:

Agricultural Sciences Business

Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Health and Human Sciences

Liberal Arts

Warner College of Natural Resources Natural Sciences

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Schools & Programs:

Graduate School

International Programs Online Degrees and Courses

School of Music, Theatre and Dance School of Biomedical Engineering School of Education

School of Global Environmental Sustainability School of Social Work

School of Public Health

CSU saliva screening or nasal swab testing is only available to students, faculty and staff with a current and valid CSU ID. Family members of students, faculty and staff are not eligible for saliva screening, with the exception of immediate adult family members of students who are specifically living in Aggie Family or University Village. Those family members must bring a photo ID to the screening site. University Housing has provided a list of eligible adult family members to the screening site; showing an ID verifies eligibility.

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COVID-19 Reporter

All students and employees are expected and required to report any COVID-19

symptoms to the university immediately, as well as report exposures or positive tests from a non-CSU testing location.

What are you reporting?

I have symptoms. Alert CSU immediately.

I have tested positive for COVID-19.

I am reporting a concern about COVID-19 in my academic, work, or living space. I believe I have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19.

I am reporting on behalf of someone else.

I am reporting a violation about a student or employee (e.g. not wearing a mask). I am a visitor.

Start Over

You should alert the university when:

Experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, which include new loss of ability to taste and smell, fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, and other flu-like symptoms

Have been tested for COVID-19 and the results were positive

Are in the process of being tested because public health officials believe you may have COVID-19

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Are living with a COVID-19 positive person

If you believe you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 as a close contact

Students

Students are no longer required to fill out the Daily Symptom Checker on days when they do not have symptoms.

Students are required to alert the University immediately when they have possible symptoms of COVID-19, even weekends or days they are not coming to a campus. If you do not have access to the internet to fill out the online COVID-19 Reporter, call (970)491-4600.

Employees

Employees are no longer required to fill out the Daily Symptom Checker on days when they do not have symptoms.

Employees are required to alert the University immediately when they have possible symptoms of COVID-19, even on days they may not be reporting to work or working remotely

Supervisors

If an employee does not have access to the internet, they still need to report symptoms to the university immediately by calling the CSU Public Health COVID-19 phone number at (970)491-4600.

When does a supervisor complete the COVID-19 Reporter on behalf of an employee? Advice for supervisors if an employee reports symptoms

Faculty

Faculty should not complete the Symptom Reporter on behalf of students.

To report a COVID-19 concern about a student or employee, call (970)491-4600 or email the CSU Public Health Office.

Visitors

During this time of COVID-19, we are strongly discouraging visitors to CSU campuses. Visitors should not complete the Symptom Reporter.

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How and where do I get tested?

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1. Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should 2. If you want a COVID-19 test

3. If you are contacted by a CSU public health professional

Colorado State University is committed to the health of our students, faculty, and staff. If you have COVID-19 symptoms or believe you have been exposed:

Report through the COVID Reporter. You are required to report. A CSU public health official can arrange a nasal swab test for you at the CSU nasal swab site.

Do not go to the CSU saliva screening site.

You may request a test through your health care provider. Free COVID-19 testing is available in Larimer County. Some pharmacies offer testing.

If you choose to get tested at one of these non-university locations, please alert the test provider that you are a CSU employee or student when you get a test. If your test

results are positive, please alert CSU Public Health immediately by calling 970-491-4600 or reporting through COVID Reporter.

Family members or children of students, faculty and staff should seek testing through a non-university site. CSU is unable to test or screen the children of students, faculty or staff.

Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should

1. Complete the COVID Reporter immediately. A public health official will follow up with you. You are required to report to the university when you have symptoms.

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2. If you have symptoms, you should not go to the CSU saliva screening site. See this page for more information about testing location options.

3. Call your provider if you believe you need medical attention because of the severity of your symptoms.

If you want a COVID-19 test

Students, faculty and staff should check their CSU email accounts for messages from the Pandemic Preparedness Team or CSU COVID Testing Team for information about how they can submit a saliva sample. All students, faculty and staff are invited to voluntarily submit saliva samples.

See testing hours.

The CSU saliva screening is not approved for use for travel, such as tests required by some airlines.

If you have symptoms or believe you have been exposed, DO NOT go to the CSU saliva screening site. Alert the university through the COVID Reporter.

Additional testing sites:

Larimer County Community COVID-19 Testing sites and information.

Health Network (students with symptoms only)

Primary care provider or pharmacy

If you are contacted by a CSU public health

professional

Some students, faculty and staff are periodically required to be tested for COVID-19 due to wastewater testing results or quarantines. Those individuals will receive an email about their potential exposure and risk, as well as specific directions for where and when to get nasal swab test on Main Campus.

CSU is monitoring waste water and data from the COVID Reporter to reach out to students, faculty and staff for testing based on a number of criteria.

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