COVID-19

Testing Off Campus 

Some of the off-site options for testing are on the Los Angeles County public health website.

Our campus strongly recommends but no longer requires facial coverings in indoor spaces. Faculty members cannot require students to wear masks or segregate students who choose not to wear a mask in classrooms as a result of this policy. Mask wearing may only be required for students when there has been a verified COVID-19 exposure in a classroom.

We will revisit this policy as appropriate with the guidance of public health agencies. 

Other notes:

• Faculty and staff who will be interacting with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as others for whom speech reading and access to facial expression are essential components of communication, may wear FDA-approved clear masks, and/or face shields with draping, which have been approved by the LACDPH. Both are available at the Bob Murphy Access Center upon request. Please contact bmac@csulb.edu or Gloria.Williams@csulb.edu for more information.

Physical distancing is no longer a requirement of CAL-OSHA or public-health guidance, though distancing is encouraged especially in areas where employees may remove their masks including lunch and break rooms. Individuals who are not vaccinated are also recommended to maintain six feet of physical distancing from others while outdoors.

While professional cleaning reduces health risks, every member of the CSULB community has a joint responsibility to sanitize their own work area and shared resources, including meeting rooms and commonly touched surfaces. 

The following steps have been taken relating to building ventilation in preparation for general building re-occupancy and sustained occupancy:

• All building mechanical air handler systems were inspected and repaired per manufacturer recommendations.
• Mechanical ventilation duct systems were disinfected and all buildings were temporarily closed and flushed with 100% outside air.
• New mechanical equipment filters were installed to the highest efficiency possible.
• Mechanical ventilation was increased to the highest point without impacting cooling and heating the buildings.
• Ongoing maintenance of mechanical ventilation systems in all buildings was increased, including changing out of high-efficiency filters as needed; inspection and repair of mechanical equipment; disinfection of duct systems; and increasing clean outside air into buildings, when feasible.

Public-health officials note that ventilation and other indoor air quality improvements are an addition to, and not a replacement for, mandatory protections including wearing face coverings (except in certain high-risk environments that require using proper respiratory protection), washing hands frequently, and limiting activities that bring together people from different households.

• Receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
• Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly. Using soap, scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds.
• Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.
• If you need to cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue and then thoroughly wash your hands.
• Routinely disinfect frequently touched items in your home.
• Use a face covering as recommended or required by current public health guidance.
• Get plenty of rest, consume ample water, and eat healthy meals

You should not come to campus if you are ill.

If you are a student who has tested positive for COVID-19, it is recommended to please fill out this form to notify Student Health Services.

If you are a faculty or staff member, you should immediately report an illness to your administrative services manager (ASM) and fill out the form linked on the single sign-on page titled "Illness Reporting." 

Faculty, staff and students who test positive for COVID-19 must remain off-campus for a minimum of 24 hours.

Faculty and staff must meet Cal-OSHA guidelines before returning to campus. After remaining off campus for a minimum of 24 hours, faculty and staff may return to work if they do not have a fever without the need of medication AND symptoms are mild and improving. If returning to work, a mask must be worn when on campus for 10 consecutive days. 

For students testing positive for COVID-19 who return to campus after a minimum of 24 hours off-campus, donning a mask is highly recommended.