In the event of a confirmed COVID-19 case on campus:
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When an individual reports a lab-confirmed positive case, the Supervisor/faculty member must immediately inform their Dean/Director and Health and Safety at safety@uwindsor.ca, 519-253-3000 ext. 2055. Health and Safety will initiate notification to Senior Leadership, activate the COVID-19 Case Response Team, the COVID-19 Communications Response Team, and Facility Services, Environmental Services for disinfection purposes as required. Reasonable measures will be taken to protect the identity of individuals with respect to COVID-19 case management.
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Supervisors and employees are reminded that a positive test result is a medical diagnosis, and must be treated confidentially, including not sharing this information with others. This information is only to be shared with Health and Safety and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU).
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Supervisors and employees must ensure their records of on-campus work days, hours, building locations, and close contacts are readily available to forward to Health and Safety, upon request.
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The University, Health and Safety, and the COVID-19 Case Response Team will work with WECHU to determine the next steps required.
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Contact tracing will be conducted by WECHU, in consultation with the COVID-19 Case Response Team, and will identify and contact only those individuals who are required to self-isolate and/or get tested. The University will follow the direction from WECHU or the appropriate public health bodies on the approach to contact tracing and communication on a case-by-case basis.
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Only those who meet the University’s definition of “close contact”, or those identified by WECHU, will be individually notified. Close contact means:
- being less than 2 meters (6 feet) apart AND
- for longer than 15 minutes
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Anyone who is identified as having been in close contact with a person who tested positive will be asked to self-isolate from the last known contact with the affected individual, per the direction of public health authorities.
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The work area will be closed to other users and properly disinfected. Health and Safety will coordinate with Facility Services on the appropriate cleaning and disinfection procedures as appropriate.
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While maintaining the individual’s health information privacy, the University and the COVID-19 Communications Response Team will act on WECHU or appropriate public health bodies’ instruction to post notices of any positive COVID-19 results.
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It is critical to continue to practice physical distancing, proper hygiene etiquette, wearing Community Protective Equipment (CPE) and conducting a health screening self-assessment, as part of the COVID-19 hazard mitigation measures outlined in the University’s Return to Campus communications and directions.