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Campus visitors are committed to safety

UMSL’s ability to receive visitors is limited at this time, and most university events have been modified to offer remote options.

All visitors to the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus are asked to comply with UMSL's safety expectations including social distancing, face covering policy, hygiene, self-monitoring and symptom checking before visiting campus.

Before you visit

Take your temp

Check your temperature

Visitors are asked to check their temperature daily before visiting campus. 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 will be available for download in the coming weeks that will direct users through a daily health check to support self-monitoring efforts.

Symptom Checklist

Check for symptoms

Before you visit UMSL, run through the symptom checklist below. If you answer “yes” to any of the questions or if you think you have had contact with a person identified as testing positive, do not come to campus.

Do you have a fever temperature over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit / 38 degrees Celsius without having taken any fever-reducing medications?
Do you have a loss of smell or taste?
Do you have a cough?
Do you have muscle aches?
Do you have a sore throat?
Do you have shortness of breath?
Do you have chills?
Do you have a headache?
Have you experienced any gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite?
Have you, or anyone you have been in close contact with, been diagnosed with COVID-19, or been placed on quarantine for possible contact with COVID-19?
Have you been asked to self-isolate or quarantine by a medical professional or a local public health official?

If you answer “yes” to any of the questions or if you think you have had contact with a person identified as testing positive, stay home and call your health care provider.

While on campus

Maintain Physical Distance

Maintain 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.
Walking past someone within 6 feet in a hallway is not considered an exposure risk.

Wear a face mask

Wear a face covering

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.
We expect visitors to supply their own face covering, however, those unable to do so may contact the department which they are visiting to request a disposable mask be available and arrange for pick up prior to entering a building.

Read complete UMSL Face Covering Policy

Hand hygiene

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.

handshake

No handshaking practice

Refrain from shaking hands as a preventative measure to slow the spread of the virus. Verbal greetings are preferred substitutes.