WashU faculty or staff members who develop symptoms associated with COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19:
- Do not report to work. Leave your workplace if your symptoms develop at work. Do not present to the Occupational Health office.
- Begin isolating immediately.
- Notify your supervisor.
- Call the Occupational Health call center at 314-362-5050 for screening and further guidance.
If you have been exposed to COVID-19 or have any symptoms, you may need to be tested or to quarantine/isolate, or both.
- An exposure is defined as being within six feet of a known positive person for 15 minutes or more without proper personal protective equipment.
All employees working on the Medical Campus
Steps for work/school: Employees are required to call the Occupational Health Call Center at 314-362-5050 for testing. WashU Med students, email Dr. Karen Winters.
Steps for home: Guidance will be provided when you call the Call Center at 314-362-5050 to report your symptoms and/or test results.
- If COVID positive, do not come to work/school for five days. (Non-health-care workers may work from home if able.) Stay in your home and isolate for at least five days and wear a mask any time outside your home for the following five days. You must be cleared by Occupational Health (covidcallcenter@wustl.edu) or Student Health before returning to work/school. You must be fever free without medication for 24 hours, and your symptoms must be improving.
- If COVID negative, you may return to work when you’ve had no fever for at least 24 hours and symptoms are improving; if recent COVID exposure, wear a mask for 10 days from last exposure to protect others.
Steps for work/school
- You may continue to work. Closely monitor self for symptoms, and leave work if symptoms develop.Call the Occupational Health Call Center at 314-362-5050 for testing. Please have your employee ID number available. WashU Med students, email Dr. Karen Winters.
Steps for home
- Wear a mask both at work/school and in the community for 10 days from last exposure to protect others.
For non-health-care workers
You do not work in a clinic or hospital, or you can work remotely
Steps for work/school: Employees may continue working fully remotely if able. Call the Occupational Health Call Center at 314-362-5050 . Please have your employee ID number available. The call center is testing anyone with symptoms — including non-clinical faculty, staff and students.
Steps for home: Guidance will be provided when you call the Call Center at 314-362-5050 to report your symptoms and/or test results.
- If COVID positive, do not come to work/school for five days. If you got tested outside of Occupational Health, email covidcallcenter@wustl.edu to report your positive test result. (Do not call the Hotline.) Stay in your home and isolate for at least five days and wear a mask any time outside your home for the following five days. You must be cleared by Occupational Health (covidcallcenter@wustl.edu) or Student Health before returning to work/school. You must be fever free without medication for 24 hours, and your symptoms must be improving.
- If COVID negative, you may return to work/school when you’ve had no fever for at least 24 hours and symptoms are improving; if recent COVID exposure, wear a mask for 10 days from last exposure to protect others.
Steps for work: May continue working either remotely or on campus. Call the Occupational Health Call Center at 314-362-5050 for guidance. Please have your employee ID number available. WashU Med students, email Dr. Karen Winters.
Steps for home:
- Wear a mask for 10 days to protect others
- If possible, test on day five.