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Testing Protocol

Testing resources for SCU students and employees

Rapid Antigen Tests

Rapid antigen tests are available from the Test Forms and More! vending machine in the Learning Commons. These rapid antigen tests will be available to SCU students, staff, and faculty only, during the Learning Commons hours of operations

  • Please note: an active FLEX account is required in order to use the vending machine.
  • Visit Prepared SCU Testing FAQs for more information about our rapid antigen testing program.
  • If you need additional access to rapid testing resources, please contact covid19@scu.edu 

If you would like to request rapid antigen tests for an event, please email covid19@scu.edu.

Rapid antigen tests are available at the front desk of JST.

Information on the FDA’s shelf-life extension of Flowflex brand tests can be found here and here. Rapid antigen tests may be available through your health insurance provider. 

Please take a test when:

  • You have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 (e.g. sore throat, runny nose/congestion, cough, fever, headache, body aches, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea). Anyone with COVID symptoms must test before attending class or work. Rapid antigen tests are most accurate 24 hours after symptoms begin.
  • You have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Please get tested 3-5 days after exposure. Keep in mind that it can take from 2-5 days after exposure to test positive.
  • You have been traveling. Test when you get back to campus.
  • Before you see family members or people who are vulnerable.
  • After you attend an event, if you learn that other attendees were diagnosed with COVID-19.

If you test positive, report your positive test result and observe all isolation protocols and precautions.

For questions or concerns regarding COVID-19 testing, please contact COVID-19 Operations at covid19@scu.edu.

If You Test Positive During the Quarter 

When the University becomes aware that an individual has received a positive COVID-19 test result, the SCU COVID Support Team works to support the individual through the isolation period.

Individuals who have a positive test result from a rapid test or an off-campus testing facility must complete the COVID-19 Case Self-Report (Qualtrics) survey in order to notify the SCU COVID Support Team.

For more information, please read the University’s isolation and quarantine guidelines.

 


Testing FAQs

You should get tested if…

  • You have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 (e.g. sore throat, runny nose/congestion, cough, fever, headache, body aches, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea). Anyone with COVID symptoms must test before attending class or work. Rapid antigen tests are most accurate 24 hours after symptoms begin.
  • You have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Please get tested 3-5 days after exposure. Keep in mind that it can take from 2-5 days after exposure to test positive.
  • You have been traveling. Test when you get back to campus.
  • Before you see family members or people who are vulnerable.
  • After you attend an event, if you learn that other attendees were diagnosed with COVID-19.

If you test positive, report your positive test result and observe all isolation protocols and precautions.

Email covid19@scu.edu with any questions or problems with the vending machine, Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. Please note, the library staff does not have access to the vending machine. 

If you test positive, you must report your positive test result, follow the isolation protocols emailed to you , and continue wearing a mask for 10 days.

If you have been exposed…

  • Test within 3-5 days after your last exposure.
  • Mask indoors when around individuals who are at a higher risk for severe infection
  • If symptoms develop, stay home and take a COVID test 24 hours after symptoms start.

You should stay home until you have been fever free for 48 hours and have improving symptoms. You should also have 2 negative rapid tests, a day apart.

If your roommate tests positive…

  • You do not need to quarantine, but please take extra care to prevent transmission.
  • Take a rapid antigen test 3-5 days after exposure. 
  • Wear a KN95 mask 10 days after exposure whenever you are around high risk individuals. Your last day of exposure is the day your roommate ends isolation
  • Monitor for any COVID symptoms. 
  • You may return home if you are able and can do so safely.

Students may call to make an appointment to see a practitioner or go to the SCU Student Health Portal to make an appointment online.

SCU collects wastewater samples at two locations on campus: Accolti Mall and University Villas. Samples are processed by Verily, using the methodology developed for the nationwide Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network (SCAN) project. The results shown on SCU's COVID Dashboard are measurement of the SARS-CoV-2 S gene, normalized against a common fecal indicator virus. Wastewater samples tend to have some variability simply due to the nature of environmental samples, but the general trends over time have proven accurate and consistent with our clinical case trends. We also want to note that we do not collect data for Swig, Dunne, McLaughlin-Walsh, Finn, Nobili, or academic buildings.

COVID-19 treatments are available! Talk with the Cowell Center, your primary care provider, an urgent care center, or a free telehealth provider today by visiting www.sesamecare.com/covidca or calling (833) 686-5051.

Report Your Positive Test

 


Rapid Antigen Tests

Students, faculty, and staff who suspect that they have been recently exposed to COVID-19 or who have COVID-like symptoms may now use a rapid antigen test to achieve faster results.