ENG - Gestión de casos Covid-19

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Updated Dec 2, 2021 - 11:00am

COVID-19

How to manage different case scenarios

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C) If you are at the University (as a student)

B) If you are at the University (as a professional)

A) If you are not at the University

Four different case scenarios that determine the procedure of action in each situation

Case 4 - Confirmed positive result of a Covid-19 test

Case 3 - With compatible with Covid-19

What are the symptoms indicative of a case of Covid-19?

Case 2 - Close contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19

Case 1 - Close contact with a suspected case of Covid-19

What is considered an isolated place or area?

What is meant by close contact?

3. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

2. HOW TO ACT IN EACH CASE

1. POSSIBLE CASES

Global and Faculty/SchoolCOORDINATORS

INDEX

See Table withALL CASE SCENARIOS

POSSIBLE CASES

CASE 4

CASE 2

CASE 3

CASE 1

Four different case scenarios can be defined which will determine the procedures to follow

Four different case scenarios that determine the procedures to follow

A student or professional reports that they have had close contact with a confirmed positive case

CLOSE CONTACT WITH A CONFIRMED POSITIVE CASE

A student or professional informs of a positive result indicating a case of contagion from Covid-19

A POSITIVE CASE OF COVID-19 IS CONFIRMED

If it is a student

If it is a professional

If AT the University

If NOT AT the University

A student or professional reports that they have symptoms compatible with Covid-19

SYMPTOMS COMPATIBLE WITH COVID-19 HAVE BEEN OBSERVED

A student or professional reports that they have had close contact with an unconfirmed suspicious case

CLOSE CONTACT WITH A SUSPECTED CASE

HOW TO ACT IN EACH CASE SCENARIO

What is considered to be a close contact?

How to act

• You should continue with your usual student or work activities.
• Nevertheless, until a confirmation of the results of the PCR test for the suspected case is received:
• You must take extreme precautionary and hygiene measures;
• Please be aware of any symptoms compatible with Covid-19 that you may develop;
• You should reduce your social contacts to a minimum.

CASE 1

A student or professional reports that they have had contact with an unconfirmed suspicious case.

Close contact with a suspected case

What is a close contact?

LINK TO THE GLOBAL AND SCHOOL/ FACULTY COORDINATOR

Link to the form

1. You should not go to the University grounds under any circumstances. Please remain at home.
2. It is essential to call your Primary Health Care Center or the recommended telephone number of the Autonomous Region of Madrid (“Comunidad de Madrid” telephone number: 900 102 112), and then follow the instructions received.
3. You must complete this form, including possible close contacts with other members of the University Community with whom you have had contact within the past 48 hours before the detection of the confirmed case, and until the moment in which the case is isolated (in case it is necessary to proceed to carry out further contact tracing with other close contacts of these individuals).
4. You must inform the COVID-19 Coordinator for the School or Faculty and / or the Global Coordinator concerning the information and instructions received from the Health Center after submitting the form. Unfortunately, you will not be able to return to your normal activities until indicated by Health authorities.

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How to act

CASE 2

A student or professional reports that they have had close contact with a confirmed positive case.

Close contact with a confirmed positive case

What is a close contact?

GLOBAL AND FACULTY/SCHOOL COORDINATOR

Link to the form

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If you are administrative or services personnel, and do not receive medical leave (“una baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your immediate superior concerning how to telework from home. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).If you are a professor, and do not receive medical leave (“una baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your Head of Studies, from whom you will receive information regarding your teaching activities. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).

5.

How to act

CASE 2

A student or professional reports that they have had close contact with a confirmed positive case.

Close contact with a confirmed positive case

What is a close contact?

GLOBAL AND FACULTY /SCHOOL COORDINATOR

Link to the form

Case 4

If you are a student, you should speak with your Tutor, from whom you will receive instructions concerning the continuation of your academic activities on-line, if your health permits this. You must provide the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School or Faculty with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School or Faculty (again, by providing the form).If your Medical Center determines that a diagnostic PCR test should be administered, and if the result is “positive”, confirming a case of contagion, the steps outlined in CASE 4 should be followed.

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How to act

CASE 2

A student or professional reports that they have had close contact with a confirmed positive case.

Close contact with a confirmed positive case

Link to the form

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1. You should not go to the University grounds under any circumstances. Please remain at home.
2. It is essential to call your Primary Health Care Center or the recommended telephone number of the Autonomous Region of Madrid (“Comunidad de Madrid” telephone number: 900 102 112), and then follow the instructions provided.
3. You must fill out the form, including possible close contacts with other members of the University Community with whom you have had contact within the past 48 hours before the detection of the confirmed case, and until the moment at which the case is isolated (in case it is necessary to carry out further contact tracing with other close contacts of these individuals).
4. You must inform the COVID-19 Coordinator for the School and / or the Global Coordinator concerning the information and instructions received from the Health Center after submitting the form. Unfortunately, you will not be able to return to your normal activitites until indicated by Health authorities.

GLOBAL AND FACULTY COORDINATOR

Which are the symptoms compatible with Covid-19?

How to act

CASE 3A

A student or professional reports that they have syptoms compatible with Covid-19 and are not in the University.

Syptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

Link to the form

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If you are administrative or services personnel, and do not receive medical leave (“baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your immediate superior concerning how to telework from home. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).If you are a professor, and do not receive medical leave (“baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your Head of Studies, from whom you will receive information regarding your teaching activities. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).

5.

GLOBAL SCHOOL/FACULTYCOORDINATOR

Which are the symptoms compatible with Covid-19?

How to act

CASE 3A

A student or professional reports that they have symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and are not at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

Link to the form

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If you are administrative or services personnel, and do not receive medical leave (“baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your immediate superior concerning how to telework from home. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).If you are a professor, and do not receive medical leave (“baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your Head of Studies, from whom you will receive information regarding your teaching activities. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).

5.

GLOBAL AND FACULTY COORDINATOR

Which are the symptoms compatible with Covid-19?

How to act

CASE 3A

A student or professional reports that they have symtoms compatible with Covid-19 and are not at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

Link to the form

Case 4

If you are a student, you should speak with your Tutor, from whom you will receive instructions concerning the continuation of your academic activities on-line, if your health permits this. You must provide the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School (again, by providing the form).If your Medical Center determines that a diagnostic PCR test should be administered, and if the result is “positive”, confirming a case of contagion, the steps outlined in CASE 4 should be followed.

6.

Which are the symptomscompatible with Covid-19?

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

How to act

CASE 3A

A student or professional reports that they have symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and are not at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

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1. It is essential to put on a surgical mask and go home immediately
2. In the event of serious symptoms, respiratory distress or chest pain, the Information Desk at the University should be notified, from where 112 or 061 will be called.
3. In the event that another individual is called to pick up the person with symptoms, the Information Service will previously open the designated Covid-19 Room of the School, without maintaining any type of contact (within two meters of the person with symptoms). Both will be provided with a mask; once opened, the employee must also wait in the aforementioned room.
4. The Information Desk will notify the Global Coordinator of the University.

What is the designated Covid-19 room?

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

Which are the symptoms compatible with Covid-19?

How to act

CASE 3B

A professional reports that he or she has symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and is at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

Case 3A

6.

The professional who has a suspected case of the coronavirus must remain isolated at home and follow the instructions given by Health authorities, including the steps provided in:

The professional should contact his or her Health Center or the Autonomous Region of Madrid. Telephone number: 900 102 112) in order to report the symptoms and to be given instructions to follow.

5.

How to act

CASE 3B

A professional reports that he or she has symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and is at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

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1. The professor will notify the Information Desk, which will procede to open the designated Covid-19 Room without maintaining any type of contact (within two meters of the person) with symptoms. Both individuals will be provided with a mask.
2. The professor must also notify the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School, who, in turn, will notify the Global Coordinator of the University.
3. The professor will accompany the student to the designated Covid-19 Room at the School.
4. Both the student and the professor must wear an approved surgical mask.
5. If, for any reason, the student who develops symptoms cannot wear a mask, the accompanying professor must wear a FFP2 mask without a valve, as well as a face shield and a disposable gown.

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

What is the designated Covid-19 room?

Which are the symptomscompatible with Covid-19?

How to act

CASE 3C

A student reports that he or she has symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and is at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

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The student must call his or her Primary Health Care Center or the Autonomous Region of Madrid - Telephone number: 900 102 112) - in order to report the symptoms and to be provided with the instructions to follow. In those cases where there is respiratory distress, chest pain or a sense of an impending emergency, the Information Desk will immediately contact 112.

In the event that the student is a minor, the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School will notify the parents or guardian, indicating to them whether the student should go directly to their home or if someone will pick up the student, who should wait in the room until instructed.

7.

6.

What is the designated Covid-19 room?

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

How to act

CASE 3C

A student reports that he or she has symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and is at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

Case 3A

9.

A student who has a suspected case of the coronavirus must remain isolated at home and follow the instructions of Health authorities, including the steps provided in:

If the student is carrying out an academic internship, the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School must inform the company, administrative offices, institution, organization or entity at which the internship has been or is being carried out.

8.

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

How to act

CASE 3C

A student reports that he or she has symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and is at the University.

Symptoms compatible with Covid-19 observed

What is a close contact?

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1. You should not come to the University grounds under any circumstances until you receive an authorization from Health Officials. In any case, you should follow the instructions provided by your Health Center.
2. You must complete the form below and include possible close contacts with other members of the University Community with whom you have had contact within the past 48 hours before the detection of the confirmed case, and until the moment at which the case is isolated.

Link to the form

How to act

CASE 4

A student or professional informs of a positive result indicating a case of contagion from Covid-19

A positive case of Covid-19 is confirmed

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If you are administrative or services personnel, and do not receive medical leave (“baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your immediate superior concerning how to telework from home. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).If you are a professor, and do not receive medical leave (“baja médica”), and as long as your health permits, you should speak with your Head of Studies, from whom you will receive information regarding your teaching activities. You must provide the Global Coordinator with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Global Coordinator (again, by providing the form).

3.

Link tothe form

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

How to act

CASE 4

A student or professional informs of a positive result indicating a case of contagion from Covid-19

A positive case of Covid-19 is confirmed

(Continue)

If you are a student, you should speak with your Tutor, from whom you will receive instructions concerning the continuation of your academic activities on-line, if your health permits this. You must provide the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School with medical proof (by presenting the form) with the indications from the Health Center regarding preventive quarantine. Once the quarantine has ended, the final date of the period of quarantine must be confirmed to the Covid-19 Coordinator of the School (again, by providing the form). In the case of administration and services personnel, the Global Coordinator will contact the close contacts of the individual at the University to inform them that they should call their Health Center and inform them that they have been close contact with a positive case; they should then follow the instructions provided by the Health Center.

4.

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

Link to the form

How to act

CASE 4

A student or professional informs of a positive result indicating a case of contagion from Covid-19

A positive case of Covid-19 is confirmed

5.

In the case of a professor or student, the COVID-19 Coordinator of the School, or the person delegated to for this purpose (Director / Coordinator of the Program), will contact the close contacts of the individual at the University to inform them that they should call their Health Center and inform them that have been in close contact with a positive case; they should then follow the instructions given by the Health Center.The Covid-19 Global Coordinator will access the forms on a daily basis to be able to properly inform the Epidemiology Service of the Autonomous Region of Madrid.

GLOBAL AND FACULTYCOORDINATOR

How to act

CASE 4

A student or professional informs of a positive result indicating a case of contagion from Covid-19.

A positive case of Covid-19 is confirmed

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

diarrhea, abdominal pain

DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS

in the chest

PERSISTENT PRESSURE

congestion

NASAL

of taste and smell

LOSS

pain

HEADACHE

These symptoms are also frequent

pain

MUSCLE

short of breath

FEELING

pain

SORE THROAT

cough

DRY

> 37.5 C

FEVER

What are the symptoms indicative of Covid-19?

• Anyone who has provided assistance and care to an individual with a case of Covid-19: health care personnel or social assistance personnel who have not used adequate protective measures, family members, relatives or individuals who have had other similar types of physical contact.
• Anyone who has been in the same place as an individual with a confirmed positive case, at a distance of less than 2 meters (such as partners, visitors, etc.), without wearing a mask and for more than 15 minutes (for example, having a meal or coffee, etc). Observation of an individual who has had close contact may be defined as for a period of 48 hours before the onset of symptoms of a person with a confirmed case and until the moment in which the case is isolated.
• Close contact on a plane, train or other long-haul means of transport (provided that it is possible to identify passengers) is considered to be any person within a two-seat radius of a suspected case and the crew or equivalent personnel who have had contact with the individual in question.

What is a close contact?

• A place for the isolation of the person detected as having a suspected case of Covid-19
• It will be for individual use, it will be well-ventilated and have a table and a chair that can be easily disinfected, as well as hygienic masks, disposable paper, water-based alcoholic gel, and a waste bin with a lid, pedal and double bag.
• There is one room available on each site:
• ICADE Building: O-016 (Botiquín - Planta semisótano, ala oeste)
• ICAI Building: Office 503
• Cantoblanco Campus: Room 1, located in the hallway of the Psychology Laboratory (ground floor, building B)
• IBS (ICADE BUSINESS SCHOOL): Former Staff Dining Hall (one floor down, “semi-sótano”, in front of the cafeteria)

What is an isolated place or area, a Covid-19 room?

Consult

For further information