Surveillance Testing to Resume January 11
12/29/2020
Surveillance Testing to Resume January 11
Beginning Monday, January 11, 2021, surveillance testing will resume with a goal of testing 10 percent of the campus population each week for COVID-19.
FamilyCare Health Center will again be conducting the tests in their clinic, located in the Wilson University Union from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Wednesdays for the duration of the spring semester. Call (304) 766-3323 to make an appointment.
To volunteer to be tested, it only takes a few minutes using a saliva test.
The more people who are tested, the better opportunity there is to stop outbreaks of COVID-19 on our campus and to keep our campus community safe.
Here is some additional information about the process:
- The goal is to test approximately 200 individuals each week.
- The testing will be done via a saliva collection test.
- The tests will be processed with an expected turnaround for results within 24-48 hours.
- All testing will be free of charge to those selected.
- If you are selected for testing, please bring your WVSU ID with you to the testing location.
- Bring your smart phone, if you have one. It will be used to register the sample. If you do not have a smart phone, a computer will be made available to register.
- If you are selected for testing, you cannot eat, drink, chew gum, smoke or vape for 30 minutes before the testing.
- Testing information will be kept confidential.
- You may be selected for testing more than once during the surveillance period.
- Summary testing data, including the number of tests done and the number of positives, will be posted on the university’s coronavirus dashboard, which is updated each Friday.
- Employees will be provided release time to be tested during work hours and are not required to use meal or break periods.
- Everyone will need to wear a face covering and remain physically distanced from others during the testing.