Student Reporting Protocol for Symptoms, Exposure and Positive Cases
Please remember to follow this student protocol if you have symptoms, exposure to a positive case, or a positive diagnosis
Symptoms
- Contact your physician or the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center at 214-768-2277 for a screening interview by trained medical staff.
- Stay home.
- Inform your teacher.
Exposure to a positive case
- Contact your physician or the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center at 214-768-2277 for a screening interview by trained medical staff.
- Inform your teacher, who will inform the chair, who will inform the Dean.
Positive diagnosis
- Notify Student Affairs through the Caring Community Connections form.
- Stay home.
- Inform your teacher, who will inform the chair, who will inform the Dean.
Risk Mitigation Efforts
- Upgraded air filters are being installed over the next 30 days in all SMU buildings including all HVAC systems – main campus and East campus – which eliminate 95% of the molecules that will spread the virus and will be in place before classes start.
- All classrooms have been marked with social distancing
- Classrooms will be cleaned in between classes (either by faculty and/or by cleaning staff)
- An additional of time frame of 5 minutes will help with social distancing as students move from class to class