COVID-19 Resources for Housing Employees

All University Housing employees who are working on-site must participate in the mandatory COVID-19 testing program.

• Employees will be tested once every two weeks
• Employees will be assigned a testing day and location
• Testing occurs while you’re punched in and working
• There will be testing locations on both the lakeshore and southeast sides of campus
• Test results will be returned via the MyUHS portal
• There is no cost to staff for testing
• A positive test result must be reported to University Housing Human Resources

• The testing program is run by University Health Services (UHS)
• Staff must activate their MyUHS portal in order to participate in the testing program
• Visit the MyUHS Instructions guide for steps to activate your MyUHS account.
• Visit the Scheduling a COVID Testing Appointment guide for steps to schedule your appointment.
• For more information, visit the UHS COVID-19 testing website at: https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/medical/testing/

• Your supervisor will give you a day, location, and preferred time block to schedule your appointment.
• Schedule an appointment time on your assigned day.
  • You can select your appointment time in your MyUHS portal
  • If you’re on vacation or otherwise not at work on your assigned testing day, do not schedule an appointment.
  • If you have an appointment scheduled but will not be at work that day, please cancel the appointment so it is available for others.

• At your appointment, you must present you Wiscard and a QR code from your MyUHS account to the UHS staff.
  • This QR code will link your MyUHS account to your test results.
  • To access the QR code, bring your smartphone to the appointment and present the QR Code within your MyUHS account, OR
  • Print the QR code from MyUHS before going to your appointment and bring the printed copy with you
  • Each appointment will have a different QR code, so you will need to print a new one each time.

• Present your Wiscard and QR code to the UHS testing staff so they can be scanned
• Perform the test, with testing professionals observing
• Testing will be self-administered, with testing professionals there to monitor
• The whole process should only take a couple of minutes

• Within 72 hours after your test, you will receive a notification (text or email) that your test results are available.
• Test results will be posted in your MyUHS portal.

• If your results are negative: no action is needed.
• Continue to be tested every two weeks as scheduled.

UW-Madison protocol for positive COVID-19 test reporting and notification for employees. (Click picture to expand)

Do not go to work. Go home if you received your test results while at work.

• Follow your unit’s normal absence call-in procedures (do not disclose your medical information)

Notify University Housing Human Resources of your positive test result

• University Housing HR: hr@housing.wisc.edu or 608-262-2766
• We will be able to discuss leave options and next steps with you
• We will notify only the necessary people in your department that a positive test occurred

A UHS contact tracer will call you within 3 – 5 days after the positive test result was received

• If you do not answer when they call, please check your voicemail for their instructions and call them back as soon as possible.
• The contact tracer will ask you questions to identify those who may have been in close contact, and to determine if they need to notify others.
• The quicker you respond to them, the quicker they can complete any follow-ups with others.

If you received a positive test result from a testing location outside of UW-Madison, please inform University Health Services of your positive result at 608-890-0000 or covidresults@wisc.edu

You cannot return to work until:

• You’ve been fever free for 24-hours (without the use of fever-reducing medicine)
• Your symptoms have improved, and
• It’s been at least 10 days since your symptoms began.
• If you don’t have symptoms, you may return to work 10 days after you were tested