Quarantine Information for Students

If you do not have your own vehicle to move to your quarantine assignment, transportation will be arranged for you. A shuttle company will be called to pick you up. Details of where and when to meet the shuttle will be communicated to you by Campus Living.

Campus Living staff will notify you of the location of your quarantine assignment and will communicate instructions for how to retrieve your key.

• Meals are available from Campus Dining and Shops.
• Students must place an order by going to https://myubcard.com/secure/order by 12:45 PM each day.  This form is only to be used for students who are in quarantine housing at UB.
  
• Food is delivered once a day between 5pm and 6pm.
• Hot dinner is delivered along with breakfast and lunch for the following day.
• Payment for food can be made using a credit card or utilizing your meal plan, dining points, or campus cash.
• Accommodations are available for students with allergies or dietary restrictions.

A case of bottled water is provided when students enter quarantine.

A reusable water bottle is provided to all students in quarantine rooms. This bottle can be refilled with the sink in your room.

Bottled water is also provided with delivered meals.

Email ub-catering@buffalo.edu

Our professional staff will be checking in on you daily by phone to see how you are doing. Please let us know if you have any questions or need additional assistance.  We are here to help. 

Limited mail and package service will be provided to you.  Use your Fall 2020 campus address, not your temporary quarantine address.  Mail will be delivered directly to your room approximately 2-3 days after it arrives on campus.  Mail that can fit under the door will be placed there. If you are receiving a package you will be notified in advance. Packages will be delivered to your door, and staff will knock after delivering the package outside your door.  While in quarantine, please limit you package orders. 

If you have trash that you would like picked up we ask that you please tie your trash bag closed, and place this outside your room in the hallway by 9:00am Monday through Friday.

If you need to have clothes laundered, items need to be bagged in a CLEAR  plastic bag and labeled with name and room number. Place bag outside door on Tuesdays and Fridays by 9am.

Clear plastic bags are available by calling:
Goodyear Area Office (716) 829-3144
Flickinger Village Office (716) 645-7906

• Stay home unless urgent medical care is needed.
• Do not go to work, school, or public areas, such as stores or libraries or dining halls on campus.
• Do not use common areas like lounges and kitchens in residence halls.
• Do not visit other residents in their rooms or allow them to visit in your room.
• Do not use public transportation.

Failure to abide by these instructions will result in a referral to Student Conduct and Advocacy for campus conduct charges. You may also be subject to immediate dismissal from on campus housing.

• Clean your hands often with soap and water (for 20 seconds) or with hand sanitizer containing 60-95% alcohol.
• If using hand sanitizer with alcohol, cover all surfaces of your hands and rub hands together until they feel dry.
• Use soap and water if your hands are visibly dirty.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Clean your hands if you do touch your face.
• Cover your coughs and sneezes with your sleeve (not your hands) or tissue. Throw tissues away in trashcan with a plastic bag and clean your hands after you throw away the tissue.

We ask you to be responsible for cleaning your room and bathroom. Supplies are provided for you.

• Clean "high-touch" surfaces such as counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, phones, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables.
• Clean any surfaces that have blood, stool or bodily fluids on them.
• Use household cleaning spray or wipe, according to label instructions. Read cleaning product label instructions for safe and effective use of the cleaning products.

• A thermometer has been provided so that you can take your temperature two times a day. If your illness is worsening, or if you are having worrisome symptoms like difficulty breathing or chest pain, call your health care provider and tell them that you have COVID-19 or symptoms consistent with COVID-19. 
• If this is a medical emergency and you live on campus, call University Police at (716) 645-2222 and notify the dispatcher that you have COVID-19 or symptoms suggestive of COVID-19. If you have a facemask, put it on before emergency medical services arrive.
• Use acetaminophen (Tylenol) for treating fever.

In the event of a fire alarm activation, you must evacuate the building.  Please go to the door of the room you are in and feel the back of the door for heat. If the door is HOT, leave it closed and contact University Police at (716) 645-2222.

If the door is cool, open the door and look in both directions for any sign of visible fire or smoke.  If there are no signs of smoke or fire, use the closest safe exit path to evacuate the building, wearing face covering and maintaining social distance.   

If smoke or fire are visible and you can evacuate, go in the opposite direction of the smoke and fire to the nearest exit, once out of the building, seek a place with appropriate distancing to the other evacuees and notify police of your location outside the building.

If the smoke and fire are blocking your escape, return to your room, close the door, place damp towels around the door to obstruct the smoke, and call University Police and let them know of your location.

Over the course of your quarantine UB staff will be in contact with you about how you are doing and whether you are experiencing new or worsening symptoms. It is important that you provide this information honestly and answer any other questions that may be asked to the best of your ability. Your answers will help us to work with your health care provider and/or local health department to determine when your quarantine will end.

Once you have been cleared for release from quarantine, our staff will assist you in transitioning back to your on-campus living space.