South Texas College of Law Houston Partners with ReturnSafe to Reopen Safely During COVID-19 Pandemic
Summary
Using confidential, Bluetooth technology via smartphones, ReturnSafe enables individuals to report COVID-19 exposure or infection, while simultaneously alerting those who come within six feet of potentially affected coronavirus carriers. If cleared by the app, students, faculty, staff, and visitors receive a daily, dated electronic “badge” they are required to present to the school’s security desk prior to entering the building. “Our entire company is 100 percent focused on our mission to prevent infectious disease outbreaks, and the only effective way to slow or stop the spread of a virus like COVID-19 is a combination of health screening, testing, and tracing,” said Tarun Nimmagadda, chief executive officer of ReturnSafe. The law school develops some of the country’s best litigators, advocates, negotiators, and transactional lawyers, but also empowers every student with something equally valuable: The unshakable notion that a legal education is a tool for making the world a better place. ReturnSafe’s BioSecurity Platform is a human-centric solution that focuses on slowing the spread of infectious diseases by implementing critical daily screening, exposure notification, and contact tracing management.