Contact Tracing

What is being tracked when I use the MyVCCCD app? 

We selected the ReadyEducation Contact Trace product because privacy and security were at the forefront of its development.  This app is used to self-assess our health and track those with symptoms or exposures.  When users check in at various locations it allows us to contact them if there was a possible exposure.  Other than that there is no tracking.  The app also lets our Health and Human Resource professionals verify vaccination status and Covid-19 test results. 

How does contact tracing work? 

There are multiple components of contact tracing, all there to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and keep our college community safe. Only three medical personnel on our campus, bound by HIPAA regulations, have access to the contact tracing data.  These are the elements of contact tracing. 

• Downloading and using the MyVCCCD app and completing the Dailing Screening Form.  This allows us to know if you have been on campus, if you are reporting symptoms and/or contact. 

• Giving your contact number so we can easily call you and determine the risk of contact and whether quarantining is required.  This step allows us to quickly and easily contact you in the event that you are exposed. 

• Uploading Covid-19 test results. This step can help us to determine the length, if any of your quarantine and the spread of Covid-19 in the case of exposure. 

• QUICKLY responding to our calls/emails so we can clear you or offer advice in the event that you are exposed or experiencing symptoms. 

Dual Enrollment and High Schools on Campus

These instructors and students will follow the protocols of the campus on which the class is taught. 

Don't have a smartphone? 

Test upload

How to retrieve the digital vaccine card

General Troubleshooting Tips:

• What do I do if my CA.gov electronic COVID-vaccination record and my CAIRS2 record are different? You can do either of the following:

  • Call CAIR directly at (800) 578-7889 and press “9” to reach the Help Desk

  • Email cairhelpdesk@cdph.ca.gov with the issue.

     

Covid Symptoms

• Fever or chills 

• Cough 

• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing 

• Fatigue 

• Muscle or body aches 

• Headache 

• New loss of taste or smell 

• Sore throat 

• Congestion or runny nose 

• Nausea or vomiting 

• Diarrhea 

Stay home, as you may infect others without knowing it.  

Report it on the MyVCCCD mobile app. Instructions for downloading the mobile app are on the VCCCD information technology webpage. 

 Test right away. Upload results to the app. 

 Contact the Student Health Center: 805.378.1413. 

  Isolate (stay home and separate yourself from others) while waiting for test results. 

If the result is negative, stay home at least 24 hours, until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without fever reducing medications, and other symptoms are mild and improving.   If your symptoms continue, consider another antigen test after 48 hours or take a PCR test as soon as you can. 

Stay home if you have COVID symptoms you may infect others without knowing it.   

Report it on the MyVCCCD mobile app. Instructions for downloading the mobile app are on the VCCCD information technology webpage. 

Contact the Student Health Center: 805.378.1413 for next steps. 

Speak to a healthcare provider about treatment options, especially if you develop symptoms. 

If you have symptoms, isolate for 24 hours.  If no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are mild and resolving contact the student health center to be cleared to return to campus.  

Wear a well-fitting mask indoors around others for 10 days. Day 0 is the day your symptoms began or the day you test positive if no symptoms. May stop masking if 2 sequential negative tests 2 days in a row at least 24 hours apart. 

Please report any classroom/workspace exposures you become aware of to the Student Health Center (SHC) as soon as possible: 805.378.1413. 

The SHC will send an exposure notice to employees and/or students who were exposed. The information will include 

• Date(s) of exposure 

• Testing recommendations/how to access free testing 

• Masking requirements 

• SHC contact information if there are questions 

• If you have new COVID-19 symptoms, you should test, mask right away, and contact the health center.  

• If you do not have symptoms, and are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection and would benefit from treatment, you should test within 5 days.  

• If you do not have symptoms and have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe infection, you should mask indoors when around such people for 10 days. Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date (Day 0) and before contact with higher-risk people. For further details, see CDPH COVID-1​9 tes​​ting guidance​.​ 

• The new protocols apply to our campuses and the district office only. 

• Health Sciences students will need to check in with their clinical instructors to ensure they are following clinical site COVID requirements.