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Critical Student Resources

This page contains information regarding student health and well being, learning environment, campus climate and student safety.

  • Resources provided by the School of Medicine are prefaced with "SOM."
  • Resources provided by the UCR campus are prefaced with "UCR."

Coronavirus/COVID-19

Please complete your COVID-19 Screening Check if you have had prolonged exposure, symptoms, or a positive test result.

UCR SOM COVID-19 Guidelines (updated June 14, 2023)

General COVID Hygiene/Safety Guidelines

We recommend that you follow, at all times, updated infection control and prevention practices as outlined by the CDC, CDPH, and Riverside County Department of Public Health. Students on clinical rotations should follow the rules and guidance of their clinical site.  The site ultimately determines the timeline for your quarantine or isolation period.   If you have been exposed to or infected with COVID, or if no PPE are available for patient care or if you have any concerns about your safety, please call the emergency hotline at (951) 827-8275 or email Student Affairs or an education dean immediately. Please also complete the COVID-19 Reporting Notification and the Occupational Exposure link.

Clerkship students should follow the guidance of their clinical site or, if no specific guidance is provided, may follow the guidance below.

If COVID-19 Positive If Exposed to Person Under Investigation or Who Tests Positive
  • Regardless of vaccination status, you do not need to isolate.
  • Wear a well-fitted mask for 10 days.
  • Call the hotline (951) 827-8275 for further guidance.
  • Complete a rapid-antigen test on the fifth day after exposure.
  • If symptoms develop, isolate and obtain a PCR test.
  • Complete the COVID-19 Screening Check and the UCR SOM Occupational link

UCR SOM is committed to our students’ safety especially while you are taking care of patients. The COVID-19 epidemic has posed a unique challenge for all healthcare workers as it can be easily transmitted both in the community as well as the clinical setting.

We consider our students who are on clinical rotations to be part of our essential healthcare team and they need to be adept in providing safe patient care during this COVID-19 prevalent time.

These guidelines will be updated as the evidence emerges and new standards evolve.

General COVID Hygiene/Safety Guidelines

  • Maintain six-feet distance whenever possible and avoid close contact with others. A close contact is defined as someone sharing the same indoor space for a cumulative total of 15 minutes over a 24-hour period.
  • Students should not participate in aerosol generating procedures or specimen collection unless properly supervised AND have proper equipment (N95, gown, gloves and eye protection).
  • Please wash hands or use alcohol based sanitizer after contact with any high touch surfaces (counters, work desks, door knobs elevator buttons, multi use computers etc.)
  • Follow, at all times, updated infection control and prevention practices as outlined by the CDC, CDPH, and Riverside County Department of Public Health. If no surgical masks are available for patient care or if you have any concerns about your safety, please call the emergency hotline at (951) 827-8275 or email Student Affairs or education dean immediately.
  • Wear a medical grade facemask when indicated by local transmission rates, even when not performing patient care in clinical settings or inside buildings.
  • Cloth face masks are not considered PPE.
  • Discard face mask when leaving hospital/clinical site or immediately when soiled or damaged.

Needlestick/Blood Borne Pathogen Exposure

Students should follow the Exposure Protocol outlined in the student handbook for exposures.

Students who need support with an exposure incident should call the dean’s exposure support line: (951) 827-8275. This number is available for emergencies 24/7. SOM leaders take turns covering this number.

Remember that all students are required to report exposures to Student Affairs within 24 hours.

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