Exposure Mitigation Protocol

Please use the COVID-19 Reporting Form to report your positive case.

COVID-19 Reporting Form

How contact investigation works at California State University, Stanislaus

After a positive test is reported on campus, a COVID-19 Specialist will:

1. Review information submitted via the COVID-19 Reporting Form.
2. Send a general campus community e-mail to notify close contacts of their potential exposure, and provide testing and isolation guidance.
3. Connect individuals with resources to support care recommendations.

What is a Close Contact?

A "close contact" is:

• In indoor spaces 400,000 or fewer cubic feet per floor, a close contact is defined as sharing the same indoor airspace as a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the COVID-19 case's infectious period.
• In large indoor spaces greater than 400,000 cubic feet per floor, a close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of the COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the COVID-19 case's infectious period.

Stanislaus State COVID-19 Specialists will assist on-campus individuals who have been infected with COVID-19 or are close contacts with questions when requested to provide guidance on isolation, quarantine, testing, masking, and care per public health guidance.

What Does A Close Contact Need To Do?

Those identified as close contacts should follow the guidance below, regardless of your vaccination status:

• If you have new COVID-19 symptoms, get tested immediately and mask right away.
• If you do not have symptoms, and are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection and would benefit from treatment, you should test within 5 days of last exposure date. 
• If you do not have symptoms, you should mask indoors around others for 10 days. Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date and before contact with others. For further details, see CDPH COVID-19 testing guidance.​
• All close contacts need to wear a face covering when around others indoors for 10 days after exposure, and recommended at home if other people are present.
• If you test positive, isolate from campus and you must follow the Isolation & Return Protocol.

Stay Up to Date with Your Vaccines

Please visit the CDC's COVID-19 Vaccination Schedules.