Command Center: What is the Command Center? Where can I report a positive COVID test? Where can I submit my COVID vaccination record?
Public Health Central Command Center
The Vanderbilt Public Health Central Command Center (Command Center) is a collaboration between the Nurse Faculty Practice Division in the School of Nursing, Division of Administration, Office of the Provost, Vanderbilt Student Health Center (SHC) and Vanderbilt Occupational Health Center (OHC). The Command Center provides support for positive and close contact individuals, contact tracing and contact notifications, coordination of symptomatic testing entities and free at-home test kit availability, vaccination records intake, and coordination of possible future booster clinics to ensure timely coordination to protect and support the health and safety of the campus and Nashville community.
Positive Case Webform
Members of the Vanderbilt community who have received a COVID-19 positive test result should complete the following webform. This includes those who utilize at-home tests or tests at an external testing center including a VUMC walk in clinic. The webform goes directly to the Command Center to ensure confidentiality.
Test results of individuals tested by Student Health and Occupational Health are routed automatically.
Individuals will receive communication from the Command Center about their isolation (if they tested positive). Anyone with symptoms will be instructed to contact Student Health or Occupational Health.
Vaccination Record Submission
COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective at preventing serious illness or hospitalization and reduces potential transmission to others even if you do get infected. The rapid development and expansion of the vaccine is an unprecedented achievement in the history of medicine and is one in which scientists and clinicians at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center played leading roles. This underscores the power of our university’s relentless pursuit of innovation and our mission to be of service to our community.
Vaccine distribution is managed by each state, and in Tennessee, the state’s plan is coordinated by the Tennessee Department of Health in cooperation with each county health department.
Vanderbilt students can contact Student Health to schedule a vaccine if interested. Faculty, staff and post docs who are VUMC patients can obtain a vaccine at VUMC and should contact their primary care physician, can schedule through the myHealth app and/or find more information here. Individuals can also look into options to be vaccinated in the local Nashville community.
Submit Your Vaccination and Booster Records
COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are not mandatory but strongly encouraged at this time. Vanderbilt students, faculty, postdoctoral fellows and staff can submit their vaccination or booster records to the Public Health Command Center using a password-protected, self-service portal. To submit your vaccination or booster record, click on the vaccine tracker/submission form.
These records will be maintained and treated as confidential by the Command Center. A picture or screenshot of the vaccination card, documentation, or an online medical record showing the dates of the vaccine doses will be needed. Email the Command Center at commandcenter@vanderbilt.edu if any problems are encountered submitting vaccination information to the system.