Exposure to COVID-19
A Decision Tree for UT System Administration employees
Exposure Criteria
Contact within 6 feet for 10 minutes or more with a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
Examples include:
- Working together in a close proximity with someone with COVID-19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID-19.
- Being in a meeting with someone with COVID-19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID-19 with no social distancing.
- Traveling in the same vehicle with someone with COVID-19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID-19.
- Living with someone with COVID-19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID-19.
Have you been exposed to someone who has COVID-19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID-19?
Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Have you been tested for COVID-19?
If COVID-19 test is positive, you may return to work 10 days from onset of symptoms only if you are fever-free (without use of fever-reducing medication) and have improvement of symptoms for at least 24 hours.
Did you test positive for COVID-19?
If COVID-19 test is positive, you may return to work 10 days from onset of symptoms ONLY if you are fever-free (without use of fever-reducing medication) and have improvement of symptoms for at least 24 hours.
You may return to work 10 days from onset of symptoms ONLY if you are fever-free (without use of fever-reducing medication) and have improvement of symptoms for at least 24 hours.
Sources
Tennessee Department of Health Resources for Colleges and Universities. (Aug. 6, 2020)
Tennessee Department of Health: What to Do If Your Test Results are Negative. (April 2020)