COVID Testing Information
for Feinberg faculty, staff and students
Testing information for Feinberg faculty, staff and students follows. If you've had close contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19, see Northwestern University’s information on safety precautions after exposure.
Symptomatic Testing Information
If you are experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms and are:
Clinical faculty and students involved in direct patient care
- Clinical faculty and students involved in direct patient care should contact the COVID hotline at 312-472-6843 to be routed to NM Corporate Health for testing related to a potential exposure (workplace or other) to COVID-19.
- Due to longer-than-normal wait times experienced when calling the COVID-19 Hotline, the COVID-19 Hotline Employee Triage Questionnaire is now available to help you more quickly receive answers to potential exposure questions. Based on your responses, you may receive the guidance you need to avoid waiting on hold.
- If your test results come back positive, NM Corporate Health will reach out to walk you through next steps, and Northwestern University’s COVID Response Team will follow up with you.
- More information from Northwestern University
Northwestern University staff who work in clinical research through the NM Access Program
- Northwestern University staff who work in clinical research through the NM Access Program should contact the COVID hotline at 312-472-6843 to be routed to NM Corporate Health for testing related to a potential exposure (workplace or other) to COVID-19.
- Due to longer-than-normal wait times experienced when calling the COVID-19 Hotline, the COVID-19 Hotline Employee Triage Questionnaire is now available to help you more quickly receive answers to potential exposure questions. Based on your responses, you may receive the guidance you need to avoid waiting on hold.
- If your test results come back positive, NM Corporate Health will reach out to walk you through next steps, and Northwestern University’s COVID Response Team will follow up with you.
- More information from Northwestern University
All faculty and staff not directly involved in patient care
- If you develop symptoms while at home, you should contact your personal medical provider to arrange for testing. You should not come to a Northwestern University asymptomatic testing site; your personal medical provider will provide you with a designated location for COVID-19 testing.
- If you develop symptoms while at work call the NU COVID Response Team at 847-491-8422. The Response Team will discuss your symptoms with you and refer you for a test if one is recommended.
- If your test results come back positive from a Northwestern University testing site, the COVID Response Team will send you next steps.
- If your test results come back positive from a non-Northwestern University site, first self-report your results and then the Response Team will send you next steps.
- More information from Northwestern University
Graduate and professional students not directly involved in patient care
- Feinberg (Chicago campus) graduate and professional students not directly involved in patient care who are experiencing symptoms or have had a potential exposure should call the Chicago Health Service at 312-695-8134. You may be asked to pre-register for your appointment.
- Chicago campus testing will occur by appointment at Northwestern Medicine’s Streeterville Immediate Care Clinic or Lavin Testing Tent. Students experiencing symptoms will not be tested at 345 W. Superior.
- If your test results come back positive from a Northwestern University testing site, a member of the COVID Response Team will send you next steps.
- If your test results come back positive from a non-Northwestern University site, first self-report your results and then the Response Team will send you next steps.
- More information from Northwestern University
Asymptomatic Testing Information
If you are not experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms and are:
All non-clinical Feinberg faculty and all Feinberg staff
Testing remains available at 345 E. Superior St. (Chicago campus) for faculty and staff. All faculty and staff are welcome to complete Abbott Rapid Antigen tests as frequently as they want.
Please see the details on the Abbott Rapid Antigen Testing website for information about rapid antigen testing, including hours and instructions on how to:- Download the Abbott NAVICA app or visit the NAVICA website;
- Create an account with your Northwestern email address; and
- Connect to Northwestern via NAVICA to ensure your results are shared with Northwestern for case management and compliance tracking purposes
Once you’ve activated your NAVICA account and connected to NU, you are ready to test. All Abbott rapid antigen testing occurs at 345 E. Superior Street in Chicago or the Jacobs Center in Evanston, using the south entrance (Deering Meadow). No appointment is needed for rapid antigen testing.
All clinical faculty
- Clinical faculty will follow the asymptomatic testing protocols as defined by their primary clinical affiliate institution and are not eligible for Northwestern University asymptomatic testing.
All students in Feinberg clinical education programs (MD, PT, PA, MPO)
- Download the Abbott NAVICA app or visit the NAVICA website;
- Create an account with your Northwestern email address; and
- Connect to Northwestern via NAVICA to ensure your results are shared with Northwestern for case management and compliance tracking purposes
Once you’ve activated your NAVICA account and connected to NU, you are ready to test. All Abbott rapid antigen testing occurs at 345 E. Superior Street in Chicago or at the Jacobs Center in Evanston, using the south entrance (Deering Meadow). No appointment is needed for rapid antigen testing.
All students in non-clinical graduate, master's and professional programs
- Download the Abbott NAVICA app or visit the NAVICA website;
- Create an account with your Northwestern email address; and
- Connect to Northwestern via NAVICA to ensure your results are shared with Northwestern for case management and compliance tracking purposes
Once you’ve activated your NAVICA account and connected to NU, you are ready to test. All Abbott rapid antigen testing occurs at 345 E. Superior Street in Chicago or at the Jacobs Center in Evanston, using the south entrance (Deering Meadow). No appointment is needed for rapid antigen testing.
If you believe you have been exposed, but are not experiencing symptoms, of COVID-19 see Northwestern University’s information on self-isolation and safety precautions.
If you receive a COVID-19 diagnosis through a healthcare provider or testing service that is not affiliated with Northwestern University or Northwestern Medicine, please report your status here.
No information regarding a student’s or colleague’s health status or their personal health information (PHI) should be discussed or shared; see Feinberg's COVID-19 privacy guidelines for more.