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<p><strong>Both are detailed below.</strong></p> <h2>UCSF Health and UCSF Dental Center Facilities聽</h2> <h3>Patient Visitors</h3> <p>UCSF prioritizes the safety of patients as well as visitors and continuously monitors the current infectious and outbreak conditions that face our community. In response, UCSF requires聽all visitors to聽adhere to the following visitation guidelines. (Essential caregivers are exempt from this requirement.)</p> <ul style="margin-left: 40px;"> <li><a href="https://www.ucsfhealth.org/covid/visitor-restrictions-due-to-covid-19">UCSF Health guidelines for hospital visitors</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ucsfhealth.org/covid/visitor-restrictions-due-to-covid-19#outpatient">UCSF Health guidelines for visiting patients in outpatient areas</a></li> </ul> <h2>Campus Research Participants</h2> <p>Individuals participating as a study subject in a research trial should be approved by the principal investigator of the study. Contact the research staff or principal investigator for any questions about approvals or entrance requirements for the research participant and any potential escort, who may need to accompany the research participant.</p> <h2>Campus Guests to Meetings or Events as Meeting/Event Attendees</h2> <p>Refer to <a href="/events">UCSF COVID Meetings and Events</a> for information on UCSF-sponsored meetings and events on or off campus, as well as public events on campus.</p> <h2>Campus Guests to the Gyms or Library</h2> <ul> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">Members of the public who have UCSF Gym Memberships and plan to visit the gym facilities must follow the rules and regulations (including those related to COVID or other public health concerns) defined in <a href="https://campuslifeserviceshome.ucsf.edu/fitnessrecreation/membership-policies" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">membership policies</a>.</li> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">Members of the public who wish to access any of the campus library facilities should check the <a href="https://www.library.ucsf.edu/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">UCSF Library website</a> for updates.聽</li> </ul> <h2>Campus Guests Hosted Individually by UCSF Faculty or Staff</h2> <ul> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">All non-UCSF individuals who are entering non-public areas of UCSF must be invited to a meeting/event or invited individually by a UCSF host.</li> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">All non-UCSF guests who are entering the UCSF campus must abide by the requirements noted on the <a href="/events">Meetings and Events website</a> and comply with any posted building protocols.</li> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">All UCSF hosts of non-UCSF guests must: <ul> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">Abide by all the requirements noted on the <a href="/events">Meetings and Events website</a>聽AND</li> <li style="margin-left: 40px;">Meet the guest at any badged or monitored entrance and be responsible for their guest throughout the visit. Before entry, the UCSF host must verify that the guest has not had a COVID exposure or COVID-like symptoms within the last 10 days, which makes the guest ineligible to enter UCSF.聽</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2>Contact Us</h2> <p>For questions or policy issues about UCSF's COVID-19 response, contact聽<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f4a424a5d0142485b6f5a4c5c49014a4b5a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd9890988fd3909a89bd889e8e9bd3989988">[email protected]</span></a>.</p> <p>聽</p> <p>聽</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-16" class="node node-page slider-secondary clearfix" about="/visitors" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="Policy on Visitors to UCSF Facilities" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="column"> <div class="sidebar_top"> <div class="region region-sidebar-top"> <div id="block-menu-block-2" class="block block-menu-block"> <h3><a href="/policies" class="active-trail">Policies</a></h3> <div class="content"> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-2 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-2"> <ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-7096"><a href="/testing">COVID-19 Testing</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-9996"><a href="/masking-guidance-and-policies-ucsf-facilities">Masking</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1766"><a href="/travel">Travel</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-7396"><a href="/vaccines">Vaccination</a></li> <li class="last leaf active-trail active menu-mlid-1756"><a href="/visitors" class="active-trail active">Visitors</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="section"> <div class="region region-sidebar"> <div id="block-block-71" class="block block-block"> <div class="content"> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue btn--full-width" href="http://www.ucsfhealth.org/daily-health-screening">Digital Screener</a></p> <hr /> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue btn--full-width" href="http://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/vaccines">GET VACCINATED</a></p> <hr /> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue btn--full-width" href="http://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/testing">get tested</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"> <div class="section"> <div class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-block-6" class="block block-block"> <div class="content"> <p>聽</p> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols layout--70-30"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--first bg--transparent"> <p>For updates to this website, contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5225373036372412273121347c373627" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66110304020310261305150048030213">[email protected]</span></a>.</p> <p><br /> 聽</p> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--second bg--transparent"> <p>聽</p> </div> </div> <p>聽</p> <p>聽</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-bottom"> <nav aria-label="Footer Navigation" class="footer--navigation"> <ul> <li><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bef2d7cddf90fdd7cdd0dbccd1cdfecbddcdd890dbdacb">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/accessibility-resources">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/website-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/website-terms-use">Terms of Use </a></li> <li><a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/azlist">A-Z Website List</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="footer--copyright"> <p>© 2024 The Regents of the University of California</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ (function() { var sz = document.createElement('script'); sz.type = 'text/javascript'; sz.async = true; sz.src = '//siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_8343.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(sz, s); })(); /*]]>*/ </script> </body> </html>