UPDATED January 11, 2024

What should I do if I test positive for COVID-19?

If you test positive for COVID-19 AND are Symptomatic, you should:

• Notify Human Resources and your supervisor right away

  • If you are at school/work at the time of receiving your results, you should leave campus immediately after notifying HR and your supervisor.

• Upload confirmation of a positive test result to the COVID Test Portal and provide the

  information requested  (see link to the left).

  • Confirmation of test results should not be emailed directly to HR

• Isolate until symptoms are improving and you have not had a fever for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication.

• Enter your absence(s) into the Frontline Absence Management System .

  
  

  If you test positive for COVID-19 AND are NOT Symptomatic, you should:
  

  • Notify Human Resources and your supervisor right away

  • Upload confirmation of a positive test result to the COVID Test Portal and provide the

    information requested  (see link to the left).

    • Confirmation of test results should not be emailed directly to HR

  • Wear a well-fitting mask for 10 days, especially indoors

What should I do if I am experiencing COVID-like symptoms?

• Get tested right away

  • If you test positive, follow instructions above

• Re-test within 3-5 days, if first test result was negative

• Isolate until symptoms are resolving AND fever is NOT present for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications . 

• Wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially indoors.

What should I do if I have been in Close Contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19?

• No Isolation Required (Unless you are symptomatic)

• Test within 3-5 days

• Wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially indoors.

• If you test positive on Day 5, follow isolation guidelines below. 

• If symptoms develop, test and stay home.

When can I return to work after isolating due to symptoms and/or testing positive for COVID-19?

Isolation can if;

• Symptoms are NOT present or are improving AND fever is NOT present for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.

• If fever is present, isolation should be continued until fever resolves for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications.

• If symptoms, other than fever, are not resolving, continue to isolate until symptoms are resolving or until after Day 10. 

• Wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially indoors.
   

For more COVID-19 related information please visit the California Department of Public Health website.