Students and CMU employees have the option to test at the testing sites on campus. There is a walk-up testing site offering rapid tests and a drive-through testing site offering PCR tests. Sign up for a test at primarybio.com/a/cmu.
The drive-through testing site is also open to the community. Community members should sign up for a test at primarybio.com/l/cdphe.
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All students living on campus are required to have one of the following at their scheduled move-in time:
- Proof of vaccination
- Please upload if you have not already or if you have any update to your record (booster dose)
- A previous positive COVID-19 test upload here
- A negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of move-in time. We strongly encourage you to schedule, complete and upload your test results prior to coming to campus.
- Schedule your test 72 hours in advance of move-in.
- Drive-through testing is available on campus
- Testing available at COVIDCheck sites along the Front Range
- Testing available in Montrose
- Rapid tests will be available at the walk-up test site located next to The Student Wellness Center on campus. The site will have extended hours from 9am-4pm January 21-23.
- Schedule your test 72 hours in advance of move-in.
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Cue (rapid test ) is a point-of-care molecular test (isothermal nucleic acid amplification) that uses a device, test cartridge, and nasal swab to deliver COVID-19 test results in under an hour. Cue provides a rapid test result using nasal specimens.
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 is a molecular test that analyzes your upper respiratory specimen, looking for genetic material (ribonucleic acid or RNA) of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Scientists use the PCR technology to amplify small amounts of RNA from specimens into deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which is replicated until SARS-CoV-2 is detectable if present.
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If you are symptomatic, please sign up for a rapid test. A quick positive test result allows for more rapid implementation of public health measures.
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If you have expressed COVID-like symptoms you will need to be evaluated before you can participate in group activities or return to classes. Please record your symptoms in Scout, which you can access through MAVzone. Please immediately return to your residence and contact the CMU Student Wellness Center COVID hotline at 970.644.3740. Employees should contact their supervisor and their primary care provider.
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The contact tracing team will send an email to anyone that has been identified as a close contact of a positive case.
If you have protective immunity (received all recommended vaccine doses including a booster dose, or have previously tested positive for COVID-19) you DO NOT need to quarantine.
- Please test 5 days after the exposure (the date of the exposure is considered Day 0).
- Please wear a well-fitting mask around others indoors for 10 days from the date of your last close contact with someone with COVID-19 (the date of last close contact is considered Day 0).
- If you develop symptoms, please schedule a test and isolate until you receive your test results. If you test positive, follow isolation recommendations.
If you do not have protective immunity (are not vaccinated and have not previously had COVID-19) you NEED to quarantine.
- Stay home and away from other people, especially people who are at higher risk, for at least 5 days (Day 0 through Day 5) after your last contact with a person who has COVID-19.
- Watch for fever (100.4◦F), cough, loss of taste and/or smell, or other symptoms of COVID-19.
- If you develop symptoms, get tested immediately and isolate until you receive your test results. If you test positive, follow isolation recommendations.
- If you do not develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19 (the date of last close contact is considered Day 0).
- If you test negative, you can leave your home, but continue to wear a well-fitting mask when around others at home and in public until 10 days after your last close contact with someone with COVID-19.
- If you test positive, you should isolate for at least 5 days from the date of your positive test (if you do not have symptoms). If you do develop COVID-19 symptoms, isolate for at least 5 days from the date your symptoms began (the date the symptoms started is day 0).
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If your test result comes back positive you will be contacted by a member of the CMU COVID-19 response team with instructions on what to do next. If you did not test at the CMU test site, please upload the positive test results to CMU via https://forms.coloradomesa.edu/#/form/200. While you wait to hear from the response team, you should isolate in your own residence.
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COVID-19 testing specimen samples will be obtained through swabbing the inside of the front of the nose using both nostrils, called anterior nasal swabbing, or collected via saliva. In most cases, nurses, medical assistants, nursing students or an instructional video will show you how to submit saliva or swab the inside of each of your nostrils. If done in person, a staff member will watch to make sure you collect the specimen correctly to ensure viable samples for testing. In some medical settings based on testing site, a nurse may swab the back of your nose, also called a posterior nasopharyngeal swab. All CMU on-site testing will use the saliva, or self-swab anterior nasal for specimen collection.
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When testing through the CMU test site, generally results will be returned within 24-48 hours of receipt to lab. Rapid tests will also be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and will return results within one hour.
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Testing at all sites will be free of charge to students, faculty and staff. In some cases, insurance may be billed as necessary/appropriate.
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For students, faculty or staff getting tested by their own doctor and not at one of the CMU testing partner sites, please upload the results to this eForm.
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Please fill out a COVID-19 testing waiver if you do not want to get tested and want to remain off-campus for the Fall 2021 semester. By signing the waiver, you are agreeing to forego utilization of indoor or outdoor campus facilities for all campus locations as well as campus events. In effect, this choice means you will receive your instruction and services via online modality.
Faculty/Staff COVID-19 Test Waiver
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If a student, faculty or staff member is selected for random testing, they will be notified via CMU email and/or SMS text message with instructions for next steps.
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Please report your symptoms in the Scout app and reach out to the Student Wellness Center or your primary care physician if you are not feeling well. If you have questions or concerns related to detection testing, please send an email to [email protected].
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