Weekly On-Campus COVID-19 Testing
Stevens is providing a convenient on-campus testing option through Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (BNBMC) for our community to ensure that there is a quick, easy, affordable and reliable way to test and monitor results for a large number of individuals. BNBMC will provide results directly to the tested individual and to Stevens and this process eliminates the administrative burden of tracking and communicating results to a large group. Those tested on campus do not need to send their results to Stevens, as the university will receive them from BNBMC.
The Rutgers’ RUCDR SARS-CoV-2 saliva test will be administered by staff from Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in the parking lot next to the Student Wellness Center. Testing will be available on Wednesday and Thursday of each week, and appointments are required. The schedule may be adjusted for holidays (i.e. Thanksgiving). Please arrange your schedule to be available for testing on Wednesday or Thursday each week. Please note that this is not a rapid test; results are expected to be available in 72 hours.
Insurance and Costs
Your insurance will be billed for tests administered on campus; however, any costs that are not covered by insurance will be covered by Stevens.
Testing Procedures
Step 1: Register for Testing
If you were already tested on campus, you do not need to register again – you can skip to Step 2: Schedule an Appointment.
- You must have your insurance information and a form of identification (State Driver’s or Non-Driver’s License, Stevens DuckCard etc.) available. If you have insurance through Stevens and have not yet received your insurance card, please enter “Stevens Insurance” where you are asked for “Name of Insurance.”
- Register for your saliva test online. The link to register for a test is being sent to all who are required to undergo weekly testing. If you intend to come to campus, have not received the registration email, and need to be added to the testing group, please email Human Resources (for employees) at [email protected], Undergraduate Student Affairs (for undergraduate students) at [email protected], or, Graduate Student Life at [email protected].
- Please note that the registration survey engine follows all necessary requirements of HIPAA and has all required safeguards in place.
- It is important that each field in the registration survey is completed in its entirety to ensure a complete registration. If you encounter any difficulty during registration please email: [email protected].
Step 2: Schedule an Appointment
Do not proceed to Step 2 until Step 1 is complete.
- Schedule an appointment online. The appointment scheduling link will be shared via email with everyone who has followed the step above and registered.
- Testing will be offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. – noon and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- To schedule an appointment, select the date, then the time, and then enter your name, email, and phone number. Then Click on ‘book.’ You may enter multiple appointments for the month.
- You will receive an email confirmation for testing. You must present this email at check-in on the day you arrive for testing.
- The appointment schedule will close 24 hours prior to the day of testing, and appointments will not be able to be changed. If you have an urgent need to change your appointment after the scheduling system has closed, please report to the testing site on campus during testing hours and inform the staff. You may have a longer wait time, but you will be able to be tested.
Step 3: Planning For Your Test: When to Arrive and What to Expect
It is important not to eat, drink, smoke or chew gum for 30 minutes before arriving at the testing site.
It is important that you arrive during your scheduled appointment time (completed in Step 2). If you are late for your appointment or must reschedule and the appointment scheduling system has closed, please report to the testing site on campus during testing hours and inform the staff. You may have a longer wait time, but you will be able to be tested.
When you arrive for testing you will be greeted by a member of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center’s Mobile COVID Team, who will confirm your demographic and contact information. Make sure you have an ID with you to confirm your identity. Once your identity is confirmed, a medical staff member will review the testing directions with you and provide you with a testing kit.
You will then be directed to have a seat in the testing area. Once you have completed your test, you will drop your sample off, and exit the testing site.
Please review this video to learn more about how the test process will work.
Results and Repeat Testing
BNBMC will provide results through a secure portal that can be accessed by the tested individual, by Stevens Health Services and by the Hoboken Health Department within 72 hours after testing. If your test result is positive, you will receive a call and an email from BNBMC. You will be required to self-isolate and provide information regarding your close contacts.
To access your test results, you can login using the email invitation sent from Bergen New Bridge Medical Center or via this link to the portal.
For any questions on how to register for the portal or access your test results, contact [email protected].
For subsequent testing days you will receive an email each week with information that will allow you to schedule a time for your next weekly test.
Alternate Testing Sites for Weekly Testing
We understand that some individuals may wish to arrange for their own weekly testing. While we are strongly encouraging members of our community to take advantage of this on campus testing option, we will accept test results from other testing providers. If you choose to utilize an off-campus testing site, you must submit your test result at https://my.stevens.edu/covidtest and receive permission to come to campus.
Results from testing sites other than the BNBMC testing site at Stevens must be received by Stevens by Sunday at noon each week. While your insurance may cover the cost of testing at other sites, Stevens will only cover the cost of testing after insurance for tests conducted at the BNBMC testing site on campus.
COVID-19 Testing for Students, Faculty and Staff Not Coming to Campus
While you may not be coming to campus this semester, we encourage you to monitor your health and be tested for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or have had close contact with someone with symptoms or who has tested positive for COVID-19. For New Jersey residents, the State of New Jersey provides a list of testing sites. It is important that we do all we can to protect our communities, especially our hometown of Hoboken, from the spread of COVID-19. Hoboken is offering COVID-19 testing for Hoboken residents at several locations. Positive test results, even for students living off-campus, should be reported to the Stevens Health Center (see below).
Students, Faculty & Staff Who May Have Been Exposed to COVID-19
Students, faculty and staff must notify Student Health Services immediately if a close contact or family member tests positive for COVID-19.
These individuals will be provided guidance to monitor their health for COVID-19 symptoms and may be required to be tested for COVID-19; self-isolate at home or, if a residential student, in your residence hall room; or quarantine, based on health department guidance.
If You Test Positive for COVID-19
Stevens students, faculty or staff members who test positive for COVID-19 must self-isolate and notify Stevens Health Services via phone immediately for further instructions. These individuals may be required to quarantine at home or, if a residential student, in a designated room provided by Stevens.
Those who test positive for COVID-19 must also provide information about close contacts who may have been exposed to the virus, in order to allow for contact tracing. Stevens will follow privacy guidance from local and state governmental authorities and will not release the names of individuals who test positive for COVID-19. Close contacts of these individuals will be notified that they have been exposed to a case of COVID-19 and advised to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Anyone testing positive for COVID-19 must be re-tested at a later date and may not leave quarantine until permission is granted by a health professional and by Stevens Student Health Services.
Students seeking COVID PCR diagnostic testing in the Hoboken area or with rapid, same-day results should consider using the Riverside Medical test site at 14th Street. To make an appointment visit www.hobokennj.gov/riverside. Insurance will be billed for testing at this site.
Contact Tracing
Students, faculty and staff who test positive for COVID-19 must provide information on their close contacts so that these contacts can be notified to take health precautions.
Due to privacy regulations, the names of individuals who test positive for COVID-19 will not be shared.
If relevant, the university will share available information including recollections of the infected individual, attendance records, seating charts and information from roommates and teammates in order to identify close contacts. Stevens will follow privacy guidance from local and state governmental authorities with this information, assisting the State of New Jersey and Hoboken Health Department in tracing close contacts of those in the Stevens community who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Stevens may also utilize a third-party vendor to provide contract tracing services if needed.
COVID-19 Antibody Testing Guidelines
Stevens will not require nor rely upon COVID-19 antibody testing at this time. If antibody testing becomes more reliable, Stevens may require antibody testing in the future.
Faculty, staff and students who choose to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies, regardless of the results of the test, are still required to comply with Stevens' COVID-19 guidelines including COVID-19 PCR testing, wearing face coverings, social distancing, temperature monitoring and frequent hand washing.
