College-wide reporting of positive COVID-19 cases
By Diana Fedinec
Southwest Tennessee Community College maintains full transparency in keeping students
and employees informed of positive cases of COVID-19 that impact the College. All
self-reported positive cases are reported to Police Services/Public Safety and contact
tracing is conducted to notify impacted students and employees. Communications are
sent out college-wide regarding when and where the infected person visited Southwest
property and the temporary closing of any buildings for sanitization when warranted.
The identities of those reported as COVID-19 positive are not divulged, nor are the
identities of those potentially exposed. The College also notifies the Shelby County
Health Department of the self-report, but does not divulge the identity of the person
in question to the greater Memphis communities.
Additionally, Southwest tracks active and recovered COVID-19 cases for faculty, staff, students and contractors visiting its locations and reports this data to the Tennessee Board of Regents. This data is available for public viewing on the TBR COVID-19 dashboard at https://www.tbr.edu/general/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-information.
To access the College’s self-reporting form, click this link: https://www.southwest.tn.edu/self-reporting.htm.
For more information on the College’s Coronavirus response, visit http://www.southwest.tn.edu/coronavirus/. To learn more about Southwest’s Back to Campus Plan, visit the Back to Campus Plan website.