Quarantine and Isolation Plan

Self-quarantine involves remaining in your home or residence hall with limited public contact due to potential exposure to infectious disease (cold or flu), international travel or travel to an area with a high occurrence of COVID-19.

During quarantine, the individual should do their best to keep six feet of distance between any others in their home environment, limit contact to as few individuals as possible (as few as 1-2), and use antibacterial disinfectant after each restroom use, especially for shared restrooms.

If an individual has active cold or flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, sneezing, vomiting, intestinal issues, or shortness of breath, they should choose to self-isolate themselves until such symptoms are no longer present for a minimum of 10 days since initial symptoms appeared and 24 hours without medication to treat symptoms. While isolating, when possible should stay at home in a specific room away from others, and use a separate bathroom, if possible. After symptoms cease, the individual should do their best to keep six feet of distance between any others in their home environment, limit contact to as few individuals as possible (as few as 1-2), and use antibacterial disinfectant after each restroom use, especially for shared restrooms.

Mandated Quarantine involves remaining in your home or residence hall with limited public contact due to confirmed exposure to COVID-19. This is usually determined by the Department of Public Health through investigation and surveillance of current active COVID-19 cases. Such mandated quarantine involves no less than 10 days of confinement.

In the instance of self or mandated quarantine on the LC campus, residential students shall receive meals delivered to their door. Students who require mandated quarantine but do not exhibit symptoms, will be allowed to remain quarantined in their assigned residence hall room. Students who require mandated quarantine and do exhibit symptoms will be assigned a temporary housing space for isolation precautions. Students assigned to a temporary space will receive a medical kit with a thermometer, hand sanitizer and quarantine instructions, and a daily telemedical check-in with a WeCare medical staff member.

Mandated Isolation involves remaining in your home or residence hall with zero public contact due to a positive COVID-19 test, with or without active symptoms. In this circumstance, residential students shall receive meals delivered to their door, a medical kit with a thermometer, hand sanitizer and isolation instructions, and once-daily telemedical check-ins with a WeCare medical staff member. The amount of time spent in isolation will be dependent on the length of illness, presence of symptoms and medical provider’s guidance.

LC students who are considering self-quarantine will follow these procedures:

• Students living on campus must notify Campus Safety (706) 880-8911. Campus Safety will contact the on-call staff member for Campus Life. Campus Life will determine if self-quarantine is necessary given the circumstances.
• Commuter students should notify the Dean of Students at deanofstudents@lagrange.edu and should not come to the campus.
• Residential students for whom self-quarantine is deemed beneficial will remain in their residence hall room for a minimum of 10 days, the last 24 hours of which must be symptom free.
• Campus Facilities will engage in daily cleaning and disinfecting of public spaces and shared restrooms.

LC students who require mandated quarantine will follow these procedures:

• Commuter students should notify the Dean of Students at deanofstudents@lagrange.edu and should not come to the campus.
• Residential students who have been exposed to COVID 19 should contact Campus Safety at (706) 880-8911 who will contact the on-call staff member for Campus Life.
• Students living on campus who have been exposed to another individual who has tested positive for COVID 19 will fall into two categories: (1) those exhibiting symptoms, and (2) those who do not exhibit symptoms:
  
  • Students exhibiting symptoms will be contacted by the on-call staff member for a temporary housing assignment.
  • Students who do not exhibit symptoms will be allowed to remain quarantined in their residence hall room for no less than 10 days.

• Campus Facilities will engage in daily cleaning and disinfecting of public spaces and shared restrooms.
• Students in mandated quarantine who exhibit COVID symptoms will have a daily telemedical check-in with a WeCare staff member; more if deemed medically necessary by the provider or referring physician.

LC students who require mandated isolation will follow these procedures:

• Commuter students should notify the Dean of Students at deanofstudents@lagrange.edu and should not come to the campus.
• Students living on campus must notify Campus Safety (706) 880-8911 who will contact the on-call staff member. Students must provide documentation from the hospital or medical provider of recent positive testing for COVID-19 BEFORE returning to campus. If a residential student is already on campus when they are informed of a positive test, they should contact Campus Safety immediately at (706) 880-8911. Campus Safety will contact the on-call staff member.
• Campus Life will identify a temporary housing assignment for the student to go to directly upon their return to campus, or to move to if already on campus.
• Residential students for whom self-isolation is deemed beneficial will remain isolated for a minimum of 14 days and 24 hours with no symptoms.
• Campus Facilities will engage in daily cleaning and disinfecting of public spaces and shared restrooms.
• Students in mandated isolation who exhibit COVID symptoms will have a daily telemedical check-in with a WeCare staff member; more if deemed medically necessary by the provider or referring physician.

NOTE: A student who has been exposed to a confirmed Covid-positive individual will not be required to quarantine if (1) the exposed student has no symptoms, and (2) the exposed student tested positive for Covid 90 days prior to exposure. Documentation of a prior Covid positive test result is required in order to avoid an additional quarantine. If more than 90 days has passed since testing positive for Covid, the exposed student will be required to quarantine consistent with this policy. At all times, students must monitor their health for Covid-related symptoms and report any symptoms immediately to Campus Safety at (706) 880-8911.

Students who have received a second dose of an approved vaccine will not be required to quarantine if, (1) the second dose was administrated more than 14 days prior to exposure, and (2) the student currently shows no symptoms. Documentation of the second vaccine dose is required to avoid quarantine.

WeCare and Campus Life staff will retain a roster of students who are in quarantine and isolation, their room location and their emergency contacts. Whenever Campus Safety, WeCare or Campus Life staff are aware of an emergency response by external first responders to a student, those individuals will inform the external first responders of the student’s status in quarantine or isolation.

WeCare will provide daily monitoring of all students who are exhibiting COVID symptoms and are in quarantine or isolation on LC’s campus. Individuals who are quarantined or isolated in a temporary housing assignment will be given a medical kit that will include a thermometer, hand sanitizer and quarantine/isolation instructions. Individuals will be asked to take their temperature and record their symptoms thrice daily.

LaGrange College dining staff will prepare meal boxes (three meals/day) for all students in quarantine or isolation on campus. Menus are posted daily at https://lagrange.campusdish.com/LocationsAndMenus/PittsDiningHall.

Students must email the Director of Dining Services, Juanita Jackson, at dining@lagrange.edu the day prior to meal delivery with their preferred meals.