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. Once you log into MyGateway, scroll down the sidebar located on your left-hand side. For further instructions, click here.
- 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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