• Clean bedding and towels will be available upon your arrival to quarantine housing, along with some snacks and waters to supplement your meals. 

• Laundry services will not be available, so it is important that you pack everything you will need for the duration of your time in quarantine housing. 

• Suggested Packing List: Toiletries (shampoo/conditioner), phone charger, laptop and charger, medications, clothing, textbooks, menstrual hygiene products, personal snacks, razor brushes/combs, adapters, and water bottle. 

Follow the steps below to secure meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner:   

• You should have received a link from the Residential Center via email. Click on that link to order your meals. 

• You can order your meals for the entire week. We recommend you submit orders for Saturday - Friday. At a minimum, all orders must be placed by 12:00 p.m. the day prior to your meal drop off date (For example, orders for Tuesday must be placed by 12:00pm on Monday). 

• Select your breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options for each day of the week.

• Orders, including your lunch, dinner and breakfast for the following day, will be delivered between 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. each day and left outside your main apartment door.

• If you need to change/update your order or have any questions, use the Sodexo contact from your email.

• You need to answer these phone calls! Not cooperating with the WBOH may result in referral to the conduct system.  
• The WBOH is who determines your isolation dates and ultimately releases you from quarantine. Please cooperate with them in this process.  
• Each case managed from WBOH has a different contact number. If you need to reach them with questions, call the number that your original WBOH call came from.  
• The WBOH will not ask for sensitive information like your social security number. 

• The BOH will let you and Bentley know of your anticipated release date.
• On your release date, the Residential Center will contact you with your release information and help facilitate your move back to your dorm room from isolation housing. 
• Please be patient. They may be moving a lot of students out of and into isolation/quarantine that same day.
• DO NOT LEAVE QUARANTINE HOUSING UNTIL CONTACTED BY THE RESIDENTIAL CENTER.  

• No visitors or guests are permitted during your quarantine period. 
• You are required to be in quarantine until cleared by the WBOH/CTC and contacted by The Residential Center. 
• You may not leave your space except for the following circumstances:
  • If directed to do so by a university official.
  • In case of an emergency, such as a fire alarm, in which case you are required to leave quarantine but must wear your facemask and maintain 6ft of physical distance.
  • If your quarantine exit test on day 5 or later is being done off campus. In this case, you must notify the Residential Center before leaving and upon your return, which must be immediately after your off-campus COVID test. 
• Failure to comply with the directive to remain inside your assigned temporary apartment will result in a violation of the Endangering Health & Safety Policy which will be processed through Student Conduct.  

• This test must be done on day 5 or later to count for a quarantine exit test. 
• The WBOH/CTC accepts PCRs and Abbott BinaxNOW Antigen tests. No other antigen type tests will be accepted. You must have an official lab report. They will not accept a picture of a test strip or a screen shot. 
• Your case manager from the WBOH will give you an email address to send in your test result for their validation and clearance.  
• DO NOT SEND NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS TO THE HEALTH CENTER. They must be validated by the WBOH. 
• Bentley’s testing program RN will email you during your quarantine to offer you an exit test option on campus. These tests are only done during the week and at set times/locations. If those times are not convenient for you, you may also schedule a test off campus at the time and location of your choosing. Notify the Residential Center if you need do go off campus for that test.

• Trash removal will occur on Tuesdays and Fridays. You may leave trash outside of your apartment door and Facilities will pick it up and dispose of it.    

• Mail Services will hold your mail while you are in isolation/quarantine. Should you receive any notifications from Mail Services, please send an email to sm_campusservices@bentley.edu to hold your packages, unless it’s essential.
• You will be allowed to pick up the items being held at Mail Services once you have been released from isolation. 

If your friend/family wants to drop off a get-well kit, we are happy to make one delivery during your quarantine/isolation period. There are a few guidelines for you and your family/friends to follow:

• The items can only be non-perishables.
• The packaged delivery must be no larger than the size of one common carry-on luggage that an airline carrier would allow. This is typically 17x21x14. 
• The package can be dropped off at University Police with the student name and ID number labeled prominently.
• The university will only make deliveries of essential items or a care package to students on Wednesdays and Sunday each week. The delivery will occur between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.  

When you open your door to pick up your delivery, please make sure you have your facemask on and the person dropping off the package has left.

• You should continue to follow the current campus testing policies upon release from quarantine.

• Residential Center: 781-891-2148 (M-F 8:30 a.m.  - 4:30 p.m.) 

• Health Center: 781-891-2222 (M-F 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) 

• Counseling Center: 781-891-2274 (M-F 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) 

• University Police Emergency Line: 781-891-3131 (24/7) 

• University Police Business Phone: 781-891-2201

• You need to answer these phone calls! Not cooperating with WBOH may result in referral to the conduct system.  
• The WBOH is who determines your isolation dates and ultimately releases you from quarantine. Please cooperate with them in this process.  
• Each case managed from the WBOH has a different contact number. If you need to reach them with questions, call the number that your original WBOH call came from.  
• The WBOH will not ask for sensitive information like your social security number. 

• The WBOH will let you and Bentley know of your anticipated release date.
• On your release date, the Residential Center will contact you with your release information.
• Please be patient. They may be coordinating a lot of students out of and into isolation/quarantine that same day.
• DO NOT RETURN TO CAMPUS UNTIL CONTACTED BY THE RESIDENTIAL CENTER.  

• This test must be done on day 5 or later to count for a quarantine exit test. 
• WBOH/CTC accepts PCRs and Abbott BinaxNOW Antigen tests. No other antigen type tests will be accepted. You must have an official lab report. They will not accept a picture of a test strip or a screen shot. 
• Your case manager from Waltham Board of Health will give you an email address to send in your test result for their validation and clearance.  
• DO NOT SEND NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS TO THE HEALTH CENTER. They must be validated by the Waltham Board of Health. 
• Bentley’s testing program RN will email you during your quarantine to offer you an exit test option on campus. These tests are only done during the week and at set times/locations. If those times are not convenient for you, you may also schedule a test off campus at the time and location of your choosing.

• Mail Services will hold your mail while you are in isolation/quarantine. Should you receive any notifications from Mail Services, please send an email to sm_campusservices@bentley.edu to hold your packages, unless it’s essential.
• You will be allowed to pick up the items being held at Mail Services once you have been released from isolation/quarantine. 

• You should continue to follow the current campus testing policies upon release from quarantine.

• Residential Center: 781-891-2148 (M-F 8:30 a.m.  - 4:30 p.m.) 

• Health Center: 781-891-2222 (M-F 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) 

• Counseling Center: 781-891-2274 (M-F 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) 

• University Police Emergency Line: 781-891-3131 (24/7) 

• University Police Business Phone: 781-891-2201