Appendix G: Protocol on Responding to COVID-19 Positive or Presumed Positive Employee The Danforth Campus Protocol on Responding to COVID-19 Positive or Presumed Positive Employee(s) Updated July 14, 2020
Purpose To establish a protocol for a situation in which the university is notified that one of its employees on the Danforth, North, West and Tyson Campuses (collectively “Danforth Campus”) has tested positive or is presumed positive for COVID-19. This protocol is intended to help ensure an effective response by Washington University to (i) support the employee and members of our community and (ii) minimize the spread of COVID-19 on campus and in our community.
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There are resources in place to support Occupational Health Services who are responsible for notification and response outlined in this protocol. Communications in general for response will be relayed as soon as reasonably possible. The Occupational Health Services will notify or confirm that the St. Louis City or County Health Departments have been notified by the lab responsible for testing, and the university will follow their guidance and directives in responding, including any directives to close certain buildings or to contact certain employees or other individuals who may have been in close contact with the employee who has been reported ill. The employee has been diagnosed by a medical professional as positive or is otherwise presumed positive for COVID-19 and that employee or someone on their behalf has then notified a university manager or an Occupational Health Services professional. Certain actions outlined in this protocol may also be appropriate in responding to an employee who failed their daily self-screen. The Danforth Campus is open in some capacity and accessible to faculty, staff and graduate students returning from alternate operations and working from home. If the campus returns to strict alternate operations where only essential employees are on campus, some of these action items may be unnecessary. This protocol may change when the Danforth Campus is more fully operational.
Immediate Actions 1. If the employee has not already done so, Danforth supervisors should have the employee contact Occupational Health immediately after receiving the following notifications from an employee: a. Failed self-screen
