Response to Respiratory Illnesses

Charger safety is our number one priority. Briar Cliff University follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommends the same guidance for all respiratory viruses, such as RSV, influenza, and COVID.

1. You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:
   
   Your symptoms are getting better overall,
   AND
   You have not had a fever (temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.8 degrees Celsius or higher) and are not using fever-reducing medication (e.g., medicines that contain ibuprofen or acetaminophen).
   
   
2. When you go back to your normal activities, take added precautions over the next 5 days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors.
   
   
3. Consider wearing a mask if you have symptoms. Wearing a mask can help lower the risk of respiratory virus transmission. When worn by a person with an infection, masks reduce the spread of the virus to others. Masks can also protect wearers from breathing in infectious particles from people around them. Wearing a mask that fits well and covers your nose and mouth is the most effective in preventing virus transmission. Mask will also help protect people in your life who have risk factors for severe illness.
   
   
4. Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious at this time, depending on factors like how long you were sick or how sick you were.
   
   
5. Notify those you had close contact with when your symptoms started. They should consider testing on day 5 after exposure to you or if they develop symptoms-esp. if they have high risk factors.
   
   
6. If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again until, for at least 24 hours, both are true: your symptoms are improving overall, and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication). Then take added precautions for the next 5 days.
   
   

Contact the Charger Health Team

Visit the CDC Website

 

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