Common use of Staff Symptom Screening Clause in Contracts

Staff Symptom Screening. The District adopts the following guidelines for unit members when entering District campuses: i. Unit members must self-screen before coming to work, i.e. check temperature to ensure temperatures below 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, check for symptoms outlined by public health officials and stay home if they have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or if they have had close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19. (As defined by the CDC, for COVID-19, a close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before the person began feeling sick until the time the patient was isolated.) All unit members are responsible for personally assessing their own health and possible exposure to the virus causing COVID-19 at least daily while on campus. This includes considering whether unit members have experienced any symptoms, including, but not limited to: cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. Other less common symptoms have been reported, including gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. ii. When unit members enter worksites, the District may engage in symptom screenings consistent with Public Health Guidance which includes visual wellness checks and temperature checks with no-touch thermometers and questioning regarding COVID-19 symptoms and whether unit members have anyone in their home with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test. iii. Unit members exhibiting any symptoms, or who believe they have been in close contact with someone who may have COVID-19, shall immediately contact their healthcare provider and avoid contact with other individuals. Unit members with symptoms agree to stay home, notify their supervisor and Human Resources of their absence in accordance with usual procedures, and seek medical care as appropriate. Unit members shall also stay home if they have been told to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19 precautions (see leaves section below). iv. Sick unit members who have been quarantined by county public health shall not return to work until they have met Health Directive criteria to discontinue home isolation.

Staff Symptom Screening. The District adopts the following guidelines for unit members when entering District campusessites: i. Unit members must self-screen before coming to workentering District property, i.e. check temperature to ensure temperatures below 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, check for symptoms outlined by public health officials and stay home if they have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or if they have had close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19. (As defined by the CDC, for COVID-19, a close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before the person began feeling sick until the time the patient was isolated.) All unit members are responsible for personally assessing their own health and possible exposure to the virus causing COVID-19 at least daily while on campus. This includes considering whether unit members have experienced any symptoms, including, but not limited to: cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. This list is not all possible symptoms. Other less common symptoms have been reported, including gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. ii. When unit members enter worksites, the District may engage in symptom screenings consistent with Public Health Guidance Directives and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which includes visual wellness checks and temperature checks with no-touch thermometers and questioning regarding COVID-19 symptoms and whether unit members have anyone in their home with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test. iii. Unit members exhibiting any symptoms, or who believe they have been in close contact with someone who may have COVID-19, shall immediately contact their healthcare provider notify Human Resources and avoid contact with other individuals. Unit members with symptoms agree returning from quarantine and/or isolation shall not return to stay home, notify their supervisor and District property without receiving clearance through Human Resources of their absence in accordance prior to doing so. iv. The District will work with usual proceduresRiverside University Health System-Public Health, to initiate contact tracing upon notification that an employee or student has been infected with COVID-19 and seek medical care send all required notices, while ensuring the unit member confidentiality as appropriaterequired by law. Unit members shall also stay home if they have been told to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19 precautions (see leaves section below)cooperate with contact tracing as requested by the Public Health Departmentand and the District. Unit members should know their closest contacts. As defined by the CDC, for COVID-19, a close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before the person began feeling sick until the time the patient was isolated. iv. Sick unit members who have been quarantined by county public health shall not return to work until they have met Health Directive criteria to discontinue home isolation.