CUHK Campus (SARS) Alert and Action Plan

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Maintain practice of personal and environmental hygiene, such as frequent hand washing.
Consult your doctor if you feel unwell especially when you run a fever.
Wear a proper surgical mask when you suffer respiratory tract infection such as coughing or sneezing.
Maintain general awareness and vigilance of possible Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak.
Keep track of the development of Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak infection in the community, and visit the CUHK Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force website and Centre for Health Protection (CHP) website regularly for updated information.

Call for urgent meetings (if considered necessary by the Chairman) to review the local situation in Hong Kong and on campus and to advise on any specific and additional measures.
Keep all University staff and students informed with updated information of Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak situation in Hong Kong (and overseas) and the measures taken/to be taken on campus through mass mailing, CUHK Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force website, publicity posters, and forums, etc. (in conjunction with Director, UHS and Information Coordinator).
Close monitoring of Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak situation in community by Information Coordinator.
Review the Mask Policy and Disinfection Policy.
Review and update all preventive guidelines and action plans.

All staff at the clinic are required to wear surgical masks whilst in the clinic.
Free surgical mask packs with information pamphlets for UHS patients with respiratory symptoms.
Maintain & observe Infection Control Measures at UHS including twice-daily disinfection of clinic areas.
Adopt a triage system for patients with fever.
Operate a Fever Clinic by a team of designated physicians and nurses with PPE, if deemed necessary.
All patients attending UHS are requested to voluntarily fill in a simple Pandemic and Avian Flu Questionnaire for the information of the attending doctors.
Monitor any outbreaks of respiratory infection on campus.
Maintain a running record of patients seen with Influenza for assessing the trend & for any necessary follow up action.
Influenza vaccination for high risk groups and other staff and students.
Monthly canteen inspection on their compliance with hygiene standards (in conjunction with the Business Office), or more frequently when deemed necessary.
Monitor & follow-up responses to Pandemic and Avian Flu Questionnaires from hostel or individual students with positive findings.
Temperature screening for all patients of the Dental Unit, if deemed necessary.
Stock up an adequate number of infrared thermometers and earprobe thermometers.
Disseminate Pandemic and Avian Flu updated information to students and staff via e-mailing.
Screen and monitor University staff sick leave records, if deemed necessary.
Liaise with University Registry on any necessary special arrangements for students during examination period.

College Working Group to hold regular meetings and call meetings after the urgent Task Force meetings to relay to members the advice, comments and measures adopted by the Task Force.

Maintenance of hostel environmental hygiene.

Maintain sufficient stock of oral thermometers, surgical masks and disinfectant in hostels.

Arrange for a designated area in hostels for Pandemic and Avian Flu information dissemination.

Sale of face masks for hostel residents.

Completion of Health Declaration (prepared by UHS) by all residents (and guests) returning from trips outside Hong Kong.

All visitors to log in and out at hostel receptions.

All visitors staying overnight must fill in a health declaration, printed at the back of the overnight guest ticket.

Weekly disinfection of communal areas, door knobs, control panels, lift buttons etc.

Warden to hold meetings with students to disseminate the relevant information.

Check whether any overseas programmes organized by Colleges are taking place or will take place in the Pandemic and Avian Flu-infected area. Colleges should consider contingency measures as appropriate.

Step up stockpiling of surgical masks for supply and arrange for their distribution on the advice of the Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force.

Maintain a stock of concentrated disinfectant in quantity adequate to meet the disinfection works of EMO and hostel managements for three days.
Liaise with EMO to prepare and review plans for building cleaning and disinfection.

Specific Action for 'Avian Flu'

Liaise with EMO to prepare and review plans for cleaning and disinfection of bird droppings.
To liaise with Security Unit on monitoring the number of bird carcasses found on campus.
To liaise with EMO and LASC on vaccination of birds and other preventive measures for Avian Flu.

Stock up disinfectant in readiness for us

Specific Action for 'Avian Flu'

Advise staff to follow the guidelines on removing bird droppings.

To increase the frequency of inspection and cleaning, for bird droppings.
Set-up signage at strategic locations to advise against bird feeding.

Participate in Task Force meetings.
Relay decisions and important messages of the Task Force to Faculty Secretaries and Head of Graduate School Office for information and necessary action.

Disseminate updated information from the Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force to students via OSA’s bi-weekly publication, University Marketplace.

Remind student societies and associations to observe and follow the Pandemic and Avian Flu preventive guidelines when organizing activities.

Check whether any overseas programmes organized by the OSA are taking place or will take place in the Pandemic and Avian Flu-infected area. OSA should consider contingency measures as appropriate.

The Student Counselling and Development Service to issue educational articles to students and share with them how to fight Pandemic and Avian Flu and maintain mental health.

Provide any updated news to international students and partner universities on (a) laboratory-confirmed Pandemic and Avian Flu cases outside Hong Kong; or (b) Pandemic and Avian Flu Alert in Hong Kong and provide preventive guidelines as issued by the University.

Participate in Influenza Vaccination Programme.
Maintain practice of personal and environmental hygiene, such as frequent hand washing.
Install automatic soap dispensers for use in the office.
Wear proper surgical mask when suffering from respiratory tract infection or coughing.
Enforce the Mask Policy and Disinfection Policy in line with the requirements of the Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force.
Maintain general awareness and vigilance of possible of Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreaks through CUHK Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force website.
Liaise with University Safety and Environment Office/ EMO and LASC as appropriate to review plans for cleaning and disinfection of bird droppings, and on monitoring the number of bird carcasses found on campus.
Assist in canteen inspection with UHS.
All staff to attend talks on Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak Awareness & Preventive Measures organized by UHS.

Maintain practice of personal hygiene, e.g. frequent hand washing.
Maintain sufficient stock of protective gear, such as surgical mask, glove for use.
Maintain sufficient stock of cleaning material, such as bleach, detergent and pressure sprayer.
Arrange the influenza vaccination for front line working staff.