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COVID-19 Reporting Guidelines

Any staff, resident, or faculty who test poitive for COVID-19 must notify Employee Health Services- Rockford at the time of the positive test and provide proof of the positive test. Proof of positive test can be from a providers office or home test. If using a home test please take a picture of the home test on top of a piece of paper with your name and the date of the test.

  1. Notify your immediate supervisor and follow department call-in procedures
  2. Notify Employee Health Services- Rockford (emphealthrock@uic.edu), include the following in your communication:
    1. Name
    2. Phone Number you can be reached at
    3. Reason and date for test (symptoms, exposure, etc)
    4. Date of symptom onset (if symptomatic)
    5. Proof of positive test
  3. Employee Health Services Rockford will contact you to obtain additional information needed
  4. Employee Health Services will send an email to your supervisor and Human Resources with the following information:
    1. Notification of positive COVID-19 test
    2. Return to on-campus work date
    3. Any restrictions including masking requirements
  5. Contact Human Resources if you have any leave benefit usage questions

COVID Return to Work Criteria

  • 5 days after symptom onset or 5 days after positive test (whichever occurred first)

And

  • Fever free (>/= 100.4 degrees) for at least 24 hour without fever reducing medications (Tylenol, Ibuprofen), symptoms resolving, and no wet symptoms (productive cough, runny nose).

And

  • Must wear a mask through day 10

**COVID exposures do not require quarantine at this time