Covid-19 Visiting Students

Check for symptoms: Visiting students should perform daily health screenings for infectious illnesses (including COVID-19) before they arrive to campus and/or clinical rotations. Visiting students with signs or symptoms of infectious illness should stay home, isolate away from others, and notify their School/Dean/LLUH designee.

Consider your medical conditions: Visiting students with certain medical conditions identified by the CDC may be more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19. Students with high-risk conditions are encouraged to make an appointment with their primary care provider to discuss any questions or concerns.

COVID-19 vaccines are available by scheduling an appointment with Student Health Service, at 909-558-8770, or via My Turn.

Visiting students who received their COVID-19 vaccine in CA can obtain a digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccine record through the CDPH.

International visiting students vaccinated outside of the United States should refer to Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Authorized in the United States for the need for vaccinations upon arrival in the United States.

Visiting students with symptoms of COVID-19 should stay home and follow up with their health care provider. They should follow the “Visiting Student Return to Campus/Clinical Criteria” guidance. Visiting students should notify their School/Dean/LLUH designee if ill.

Visiting students who come to academic/clinical activities are acknowledging that they have read the guidelines and have no reason(s) to stay home.  Do NOT come to academic/clinical activities if you may be developing a new illness that includes any of these symptoms: 

Fever (Temp  ≥  37.8°C/100.0°F)
Chills
Shortness of breath
Sore throat
Runny nose
Not feeling well­­­
Sneezing
Coughing
Fatigue
Sore muscles
Headache
Loss of taste or smell
Gastrointestinal symptoms such as:
Soft stool
Stomach cramps

If there is reason to believe you have COVID-19, you should contact your health care provider AND notify your School/Dean/LLUH designee. 

Loma Linda University’s Student Health Service is responsible for case investigation and contact tracing for all students. When Student Health Service is notified that someone has tested positive for or been diagnosed with COVID-19, Student Health Service communicates exposure locations on our website: llu.edu/covid-19-info-cases.

LLUH’s exposure/close contact definition has been updated in accordance with CDPH guidance. The definition of close contact (in the context of exposure) is as follows:

In indoor spaces of 400,000 or fewer cubic feet per floor (such as homes, clinic waiting rooms, airplanes, etc.), close contact is defined as sharing the same indoor airspace  for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during an infected person's (confirmed by COVID-19 test or clinical diagnosis) infectious period.

In large indoor spaces greater than 400,000 cubic feet per floor* (such as open-floor-plan offices, warehouses, large retail stores, manufacturing, or food processing facilities), close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of the infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the infected person's infectious period.

The student was present during an aerosol-generating/high hazard procedure for a COVID-19 positive case and 

1. was not wearing a powered air purifying respirator (PAPR); or
2. did not use a hood or other ventilated enclosure on the patient that effectively contained the patient’s aerosols while the employee was wearing a respirator other than a PAPR, regardless of the length of time.

*The following are sites on campus that are greater than 400,000 cubic feet:

• 125 Warehouse space
• 195 Warehouse space
• 243 Warehouse space (IT side only)
• 197 Third Floor open office space
• Drayson Center Gymnasium
• Centennial Complex Atrium/Lobby-Corridor areas

View the COVID-19 exposure flowchart (PDF) for clinical and non-clinical settings.

Loma Linda University’s Student Health Service is responsible for case investigation and contact tracing for all students. When Student Health Service is notified that someone has tested positive for or been diagnosed with COVID-19, Student Health Service communicates exposure locations on our website: llu.edu/covid-19-info-cases.

Visiting students must notify their School/Dean/LLUH designee if ill.

Visiting students must remain under the care of their health care provider until clearance is obtained. A copy of our "Visiting Student Return to Campus/Clinical Criteria’  guideline must be provided to your health care provider. A clearance note must be provided to their School/Dean/LLUH designee once cleared by their health care provider.

Loma Linda University’s Student Health Service is responsible for case investigation and contact tracing for all students. When Student Health Service is notified that someone has tested positive for or been diagnosed with COVID-19, Student Health Service communicates exposure locations on our website: llu.edu/covid-19-info-cases

For specific questions/concerns regarding your travel, please contact Student Health Service at 909-558-8770 or via email at COVID19_Student_Health@llu.edu.

If you're traveling to or from California, follow the CDPH travel guidelines.