UWSOM students who, test positive for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), have a known COVID-19 exposure (UW Medicine COVID-19 exposure policy link) or develop symptoms of COVID-19 should:
- Let the clinical site director know and leave the clinical environment
- Seek medical care if needed
- Call the blood borne pathogen number, (206) 906-8996, identify yourself as a UWSOM medical student and ask to speak with the campus health physician
- Follow the instructions from the campus health physician
- Let the clerkship director know of the work place exposure or symptoms and the recommendation of the campus health physician
- Let the clinical site director know of the work place exposure or symptoms and the recommendation of the campus health physician
- Follow any additional instructions given by the clerkship director or the clinical site director
- Let Dr. Maestas, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, maestas@uw.edu, know about the situation and copy her assistant, Robin Green, adminsa@uw.edu
- Inform UW Environmental Health & Safety by sending an email with your contact information and a description of the situation to covidehc@uw.edu