Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff Back-to-Campus Testing
Faculty and Staff Who are Unvaccinated With a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Unvaccinated faculty and staff will be tested for COVID-19 beginning January 3, 2022. Please see your email for instructions about on-campus testing prior to the start of classes.
Faculty and Staff Testing:
Unvaccinated, Unvaccinated/Symptomatic, Vaccinated/Symptomatic
Faculty and Staff With Positive Tests
Faculty or staff members who show COVID-19 symptoms should not come to work and should immediately contact their healthcare provider. Faculty and staff must then immediately alert their dean/supervisor and the Office of Human Resources (HR@FLSouthern.edu or 863.680.5079). If tested positive for COVID-19, faculty or staff members will be asked to provide a copy of the positive test result that includes the date of test. Please call Rapid-Trace self-report line at 813.699.3551.
- Faculty and staff are required to quarantine for at least a 5-day period. Afterwards, the faculty or staff member may be cleared to return to normal campus activity.
- In case of a fever, continue to quarantine until the fever resolves. Then, the faculty or staff member may be cleared to return to normal campus activity.
Faculty or staff members who test positive for COVID-19 will work with Rapid-Trace to identify all work areas where they were present three days prior to the onset of symptoms. The affected faculty or staff member will identify individuals they encountered within the workplace in the three days prior to the onset of symptoms.
If symptoms were not present, the faculty or staff member will identify individuals they contacted from the known or estimated exposure date. In accordance with privacy laws, the College cannot personally identify infected persons.
Faculty and Staff Contact Tracing
Faculty and Staff Exposed to a Positive Case
Employees who have been identified through contact tracing as having been exposed in the workplace to close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual will be sent home to quarantine.
- If exposed in the workplace, the employee may be asked to be tested in the on-site testing center. An appointment will be arranged through Human Resources.
- Employees who believe they have been potentially exposed to a positive COVID-19 case in their household or other non-work related event may be sent home to quarantine.
If required to quarantine, faculty and staff may be cleared to return to normal campus activity after quarantining for a 10-day period.
Hand Washing and Social Distancing
Frequent hand washing is still a very important tool to use to stop the spread of COVID-19 and many other viruses. If you are unable to wash your hands properly with warm water and soap, please use hand sanitizer located throughout the campus. Social distancing continues to be another very important way to stop the spread of COVID-19. In meetings, residence halls, dining halls wherever possible stay three to six feet away from your friends, colleagues, or members of the public.