To help protect the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine community and those we serve and to help curb the spread of COVID-19, protocols are in place to ensure the health and safety of those in our college and teaching hospital.

Guidelines for Exposure or Positive COVID-19 Test

COVID protocols are based off CDC guidelines updated August 11, 2022. 

	Isolation/Quarantine Length	Masking	Testing	Other
Tested positive, asymptomatic	Isolate 5 days (Days 1-5 from positive test)	5 days (Days 6-10 from positive test)	N/A	Monitor symptoms 10 days from positive test. If you remain asymptomatic, you may return to school/work as long as you wear a mask through day 10. If you become symptomatic* at any point, clock restarts to day 0 and follow protocol on tested positive and symptomatic
Tested positive, symptomatic	Isolate 5 days (Days 1-5 from positive test)	5 days (Days 6-10 from positive test)	N/A	You may end isolation after day 5 and return to work/school if you are fever free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication) and your symptoms are improving. If you still have fever/symptoms, you must remain in isolation until fever/symptoms improve. Regardless of when you end isolation after day 5, you must wear mask through day 10 following positive test.
Exposed, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated	None	Mask immediately for 10 days	Test on day 5	Watch for symptoms*, if you develop symptoms, isolate immediately, get tested. If test is positive, follow isolation recommendations above.

**Symptoms. Persons with COVID19 have reported a wide range of symptoms.  Possible symptoms can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html

Detailed CDC guidelines for exposure: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/if-you-were-exposed.html

Detailed CDC guidelines for infection/positive test: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html

 

Reporting COVID-19 Case/Exposure to UHS

Please report positive cases and exposure to University Health Services.

 

Mask Status

As of August 18, 2022, CDC COVID-19 Community Level is “Low”  Stay up to date on vaccination and get tested if you have symptoms.

Location	Mask Status
Veterinary Teaching Hospital	Masks strongly encouraged
OK Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab	Masks strongly encouraged
Panciera Education Center	Masks strongly encouraged
McElroy Hall Instructional Areas	Masks strongly encouraged