Safety Expectations

Tritons use the Campus Screen app to monitor their daily health

Students and employees will be expected to self-monitor their health on a daily basis for symptoms including temperature, cough, loss of smell or taste, difficulty breathing, fatigue and more.

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  Students and employees will be expected to take their temperature daily before visiting campus or leaving their residence hall. Stay home if you have a fever greater than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit / 38 degrees Celsius.
• Before taking your temperature, wait 30 minutes after eating, drinking or exercising and wait at least six hours after taking medicines that can lower your temperature, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin.
• A free mobile app, Campus Screen, is available that will direct users through a daily health check to support self-monitoring efforts. Students, employees or visitors may be asked to show their daily campus pass status to enter buildings, classrooms or other university activities. 
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• Students, employees or visitors may be asked to show their daily campus pass status to enter buildings, classrooms or other university activities. Those who do not have access to the app may be asked to run through a series of verbal questions related to COVID-19 symptoms.

• Fever greater than 100.4 F (38 C) or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Unexplained muscle or body aches
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Headache

Tritons socially distance

Keeping physical distance between you and others is the best tool we have to avoid being exposed to the COVID-19 virus.

• Each person must remain at least 6 feet (about two arm lengths) from others.
• Each must maintain that distance in classrooms, corridors, laboratories, studios, recreation areas, common spaces, elevators, stairwells and social settings.

Tritons wear face coverings

Face coverings are an additional step to help slow the spread of COVID-19 when combined with everyday preventive actions and social distancing in public settings.

• UMSL requires the wearing of face coverings by all students, faculty, staff and visitors – including contractors and vendors – when entering or occupying a physical building or facility owned, operated or managed by the university. Additionally, face coverings will be required when utilizing campus shuttles and when a minimum physical distance of six feet cannot be maintained in any outdoor area of the university – or if otherwise required by public health order.
• Exceptions include:
  • When you are alone in a private work space or single-occupancy study rooms.
  • When you are in your residence hall room (single or double).
  • While outdoors when maintaining 6 feet or more physical distance from others.
  • Those who require a health or disability-related accommodation or are otherwise unable to place or remove a face covering without assistance. Students may request a health or disability-related accommodation through Health, Counseling and Disability Access Services. Employees may request a health or disability-related accommodation through Human Resources at 314-516-5805.
• Students are expected to supply and maintain their own face coverings. However, the university will have cloth face coverings available for those who are unable to provide their own.
• Employees will be provided with two cloth face coverings as they return to work.
• Instructors will wear clear face shields when teaching in-person classes that will also be provided by the university.

Read complete UMSL Face Covering Policy

Tritons practice hygiene etiquette

• Avoid close contact with anyone who is sick or experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth then wash or disinfect hands.
• Cover cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash and wash or disinfect hands.
• Frequently wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom, before eating and after blowing the nose, coughing or sneezing.
• If soap and water are not readily available, use an ethyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60%-95% alcohol. UMSL has placed hundreds of sanitizer stations throughout campus.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.

Tritons clean and disinfect

• Custodial Services has disinfected all campus spaces prior to repopulation, per CDC guidelines.
• Custodial Services will continue to clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces such as door handles, faucets and elevator buttons frequently throughout their shift.
• Classrooms, restrooms and other common areas will be cleaned daily, Monday – Friday.
• When possible, doors will remain propped open to allow no-touch entry and exit into and within buildings.
• The cleaning of individual offices and residential spaces are the responsibility of the occupants.
• UMSL Facilities, in partnership with the Campus Health Officer, will adequately clean and disinfect specific locations where a confirmed positive case has been reported. Facilities will communicate with impacted department(s) and identify alternative space as needed.

If you are experiencing symptoms that are atypical of your individual health circumstances, have tested positive for COVID-19, or have had contact with a person identified as testing positive:

• Stay home (or within your residence hall or apartment) and do not come to campus or, if actively on campus, leave immediately if symptoms are experienced during the day.
• Employees should contact their primary health provider for guidance, which may include arranging COVID-19 testing. 
• Students should contact UMSL Health Services for guidance, which may include arranging COVID-19 testing. 
• Employees and students who are experiencing symptoms, have tested positive or had contact with others identified as having tested positive: Submit a Reporting COVID-19 Diagnosis/Symptoms form (View Reporting Policy).
• This form will be directed to the Campus Health Officer - charged with tracking suspected or confirmed cases on campus - who will follow up with each employee or student to discuss symptoms, diagnosis and next steps.
• For students, Health Services will notify faculty and advise them on temporary academic accommodations due to the student’s mandated absence. Though you may send a notice to the faculty member in order to make them aware quickly.
• Employees are responsible for notifying their supervisor if their health status results in an absence from work while Human Resources will be responsible for ensuring that appropriate documentation is completed (e.g., FMLA, work from home arrangements, etc.).
• If you are instructed by the Campus Health Officer not to come to campus due to COVID, you must not return to until a Request to Return to Campus form is submitted and written approval is provided by the Campus Health Officer.