COVID-19 exposure, isolation and quarantine protocols

To calculate your five-day isolation period, day 0 is your first day of symptoms. Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms developed. For example, if you first had symptoms on Jan. 1 (Day 0), the five-day isolation period could end and you could come out of isolation on Jan. 7 if your symptoms improved and you were fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.

To calculate a quarantine period based on a close contact, day 0 is the date of your last contact with a person who has COVID-19. Day 1 is the first full day after your last contact with a person with the virus.

It is the responsibility of students to communicate to their instructors about the need to miss class due to COVID-19 illness, isolation or quarantine.

Students should contact their instructors directly for modification of assignments, exams or other forms of class work. Find helpful suggestions about how to communicate with faculty.

Students should contact the offices of student life on their campuses if their absence will extend beyond five class days or if they have extenuating circumstances.

• Manhattan campus – Visit the Office of Student Life website or contact the office at 785-532-6432 or stulife@k-state.edu
• Salina campus – Contact Kyle Chamberlin at 785-488-8821 or kchamberlin5@k-state.edu
• Olathe campus – Contact Kimberly Rammaciotti at 913-307-7313 or kvoight@k-state.edu

All faculty are required to provide academic assistance and adjustments for students who need to miss class due to COVID-19-related illness, isolation or quarantine.

With the shortening of the isolation period for positive cases to five days, and in consideration of staff limitations, an isolate-in-place strategy may be used in the residence halls. Positive students will be instructed to remain in their rooms for their five-day isolation period. On day 6 they may return to regular activity if symptoms have improved and they are fever free. Days 6-10 they should wear a face covering in all places including in their room if they have roommates (except when sleeping or when showering/brushing their teeth in the restroom). Meals for students in isolation/quarantine can be picked up by friends at the dining centers. Students should review the sick meal information to understand the process to request sick meals.

As space availability allows, students residing on campus in the residence halls or Jardine apartments will have access to on-campus housing designated for isolation and quarantine on the Manhattan and Salina campuses in cases where the isolate-in-place strategy is not appropriate.

Students who live off campus in Manhattan should isolate or quarantine at their local residences or return to their permanent residences. On-campus housing is not available for quarantine.

Due to limited capacity, on-campus housing is not available for students living off campus in Salina who need to isolate or quarantine.

Faculty and staff who live off campus and are unable to safely isolate or quarantine at their local residence should seek resources through their local county health department.

You should not attend any in-person university events, including classes. Faculty will provide options to accommodate students who are sick or during the time they are in quarantine.

Yes, the protocols are the same.

Stay home. You should not come to campus if you are sick, have a temperature over 100.4 degrees F, or have other illness symptoms of the coronavirus as listed on the CDC website. If you develop any of these symptoms while on campus, you should leave and return to your local residence.

Students:
Manhattan campus students with symptoms should immediately call Lafene Health Center at 785-532-6544  and ask for a nurse before they visit the health center. Salina campus students with symptoms should immediately call their local doctor or  StatCare, Salina Urgent Care, Mowery Urgent Care or MedExpress  and ask for a nurse before they visit a health center.

It is the responsibility of students to communicate to their instructors about the need to miss class due to COVID-19 illness, isolation or quarantine.

Students should contact their instructors directly for modification of assignments, exams or other forms of class work. Find helpful suggestions about how to communicate with faculty.

Students should contact the offices of student life on their campuses if their absence will extend beyond five class days or if they have extenuating circumstances.

• Manhattan campus – Visit the Office of Student Life website or contact the office at 785-532-6432 or stulife@k-state.edu
• Salina campus – Contact Kyle Chamberlin at 785-488-8821 or kchamberlin5@k-state.edu
• Olathe campus – Contact Kimberly Rammaciotti at 913-307-7313 or  kvoight@k-state.edu

All faculty are required to provide academic assistance and adjustments for students who need to miss class due to COVID-19-related illness, isolation or quarantine.

Employees:
Employees are encouraged to contact Lafene Health Center or other health care providers for medical assistance. 

Employees working on campus are required to notify their supervisor promptly via telephone or email.

Visitors:
Visitors should contact their hosts and postpone or reschedule their visits.

You are considered a close contact if you have been less than 6 feet away from an infected person for a cumulative total of 10 minutes or more over a 24 hour period. The time frame for having contact with an infected individual includes 48 hours before symptom onset (or for asymptomatic people, 48 hours before positive specimen collection), until they meet the criterial for ending isolation.

Yes. Supervisors should request cleaning and disinfection within 24 hours of shared space occupied by individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have COVID-19-related symptoms. The Custodial Services COVID response team cleans and disinfects in accordance with CDC and Global Biorisk Advisory Council protocols.

Recognizing that there may be a time lapse between when a supervisor is made aware of positive COVID-19 case or exposure and when the individual last occupied a space, Custodial Services is available to consult as to the appropriate level of cleaning and disinfection necessary.

On the Manhattan campus, contact Facility Customer Services at 785-532-6389. K-State Salina Facilities can be contacted at 785-826-2939 and K-State Olathe Facilities can be contacted at 913-307-7309  for assistance with cleaning and disinfecting.

Not necessarily. Recognizing that there may be a time lapse between when an instructor or department head is made aware of positive COVID-19 case or exposure and when the individual last occupied a space, Custodial Services is available to consult as to the appropriate level of cleaning and disinfection necessary.

Custodial Services is available to respond to questions. On the Manhattan campus, contact Facility Customer Services at 785-532-6389. K-State Salina Facilities can be contacted at 785-826-2939 and K-State Olathe Facilities can be contacted at 913-307-7309.