At the beginning of the semester, all ASU students and employees were pre-screened for information related to prior COVID-19 testing and travel. ASU follows CDC guidance pertaining to isolation requirements for individuals traveling domestically or internationally.
Testing is available on all campuses — at the start of the semester and throughout the semester — for any student and employee who needs it. In particular, we encourage anyone who is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 to request a test. As of July 30,
any student living in university housing was required to be tested – and cleared – for COVID-19 with a PCR test before moving into their campus housing. A
PCR test is a saliva-based or nasal swab test that determines whether you currently have the virus. For students returning to campus but not living in university housing, we strongly recommended that they get tested for COVID-19 prior to your arrival on campus. Read more about the July 30 update
here.
The university houses a fully CLIA-certified* and FDA Emergency Use Authorization approved testing lab at the Biodesign Institute to perform a diagnostic qPCR test for those individuals who may have an active coronavirus infection. The ASU clinical testing lab has implemented testing for frontline health care workers, first responders and critical infrastructure employees since April. ASU will now provide a saliva-based COVID-19 test and will prioritize testing for any student or employee who is exhibiting symptoms or may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Turnaround time for test results is 24-48 hours. ASU has staff available to support contact tracing as needed. Please visit this website for more information:
https://eoss.asu.edu/health/announcements/coronavirus/faqs
Aug. 20 update: The next strategic step in ASU’s continuing COVID-19 management is now beginning regular, required testing of a subset of students, ASU employees and employees of key business partners working on campus. Individuals identified for testing will be selected randomly from the student, employee and business partner populations who are on campus. ASU Health Services will notify students of their test time. The Office of Human Resources will notify employees of their test time. We will work with our business partners on notification of their employee testing times.
The people selected for testing will provide a statistically significant sample of the ASU community, as recommended by epidemiologists, which provides an up-to-date picture of what is happening with the virus. This testing protocol will enhance ASU’s ability to manage COVID-19 and mitigate potential spread.
ASU will also continue to make testing available at no charge for any student or employee who needs or wants a test outside of the ongoing testing protocol described above. Students and employees may register for a COVID-19 test here.
