Respiratory Infections

You are strongly encouraged to stay at home, or in your student accommodation, if you have symptoms of Covid-19 or any other respiratory infections, or if you test positive for Covid-19. Please follow NHS advice. You should let your manager/supervisor/tutor know and staff should follow normal sickness absence reporting procedure, including reporting on SuccessFactors.

Measles

Anyone suffering symptoms of measles should stay away from the University for at least 4 days after the first signs of a rash, and comply with the current NHS Measles guidance. You should let your manager/supervisor/tutor know and staff must report their sickness/absence status, via SuccessFactors.

Streptococcus A

The advice to staff for 'Strep A' is the same as for other similar infections, which includes staying away from campus if you have any symptoms (including a sore throat), good hand hygiene, good respiratory hygiene and good sanitisation/cleaning. Children are more at risk than adults so it is wise to be aware of the symptoms and what to do if a child is particularly unwell. There is more information available at NHS Streptococcus A (Strep A) guidance.

There is further information on infectious diseases in the risk assessment in the right hand margin of this page and on the NHS A-Z webpages.