For the safety of the District/Campus community, any employee who has either received a positive COVID-19 test or thinks that they have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus must take the following steps:
- Employees must notify their immediate management supervisor immediately if:
- Employee has been diagnosed with COVID-19 virus or believes that they have been exposed to COVID-19 virus
- For the purposes of the California Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine periods for persons infected with or exposed to COVID-19, the following definitions apply:
- Close Contact is defined as someone sharing the same indoor airspace (e.g., home, clinic waiting room, airplane etc.) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during an infected person's (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) infectious period
- Infectious Period is defined as:
- For symptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the infected person had any symptoms through Day 10 after symptoms first appeared (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later), and 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms have improved, OR
- For asymptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date through Day 10 after positive specimen collection date (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later) after specimen collection date for their first positive COVID-19 test
- For the purposes of identifying close contacts and exposures, infected persons who test negative on or after Day 5 and end isolation are no longer considered to be within their infectious period. Such persons should continue to follow CDPH isolation recommendations, including wearing a well-fitting face mask through Day 10
- The employee will fill out the NOCCCD COVID-19 Employee Questionnaire, located on MyGateway, so that the District can determine the scope of possible exposure to others
- The Employee Questionnaire serves three purposes:
- To determine if the situation with the reporting employee meets the exposure criteria as defined by the CDC
- For the purposes of the California Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine periods for persons infected with or exposed to COVID-19, the following definitions apply:
Close Contact is defined as someone sharing the same indoor airspace (e.g., home, clinic waiting room, airplane etc.) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during an infected person's (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) infectious period
- Infectious Period is defined as:
- For symptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the infected person had any symptoms through Day 10 after symptoms first appeared (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later), and 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms have improved, OR
- For asymptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date through Day 10 after positive specimen collection date (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later) after specimen collection date for their first positive COVID-19 test
- For the purposes of identifying close contacts and exposures, infected persons who test negative on or after Day 5 and end isolation are no longer considered to be within their infectious period. Such persons should continue to follow CDPH isolation recommendations, including wearing a well-fitting face mask through Day 10
- Help trace potential additional on-campus exposures
- Meet the reporting requirements of California regulations
- Once completed in MyGateway, the Employee Questionnaire will automatically be sent to:
- Julie Kossick, Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
- Tami Oh, District Director, Risk Management
- Campus President
- Campus COVID-19 Liaison
- If it is determined that no on-campus exposure occurred, employee may return to work, perform remote work, or take appropriate leave to quarantine as advised by their immediate management supervisor
- If it is determined that on-campus exposure may have occurred, or in the event of a positive test, a notification will be sent by the immediate management supervisor or campus Liaison to any on-site employees who meet the exposure criteria as indicated on the Questionnaire
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