We did quite a bit of desktop planning in a pandemic scenario a few years back. We learned that much of what we could or would do would be controlled by the state (department of health), through the local county government. For example, closing the university due to significant illness may be what we want to do, but the state or county does not want that action due to economic impact and spread of panic. So how we would proceed would be directed through review with external entities and not internal policy. Closure and evacuation (like residence halls) would be handled under our standard university Emergency Response Plan. I will say that the table-top exercises involving the local health department and other entities were very useful in planning for this type of situation.
Our web site with campus information is here: http://www.oakland.edu/infectionprevention/ On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Bartlett, Deborah <[email protected]> wrote: > Our infectious disease policies and guidelines are housed with our > Office of Emergency Management. You may view these documents at the WSU > Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Flu Planning and Preparedness website at: > http://oem.wsu.edu/PandemicFlu.html > > Hope this helps -- > > Deb Bartlett > Administrative Regulations Analyst > Office of Procedures, Records, and Forms > Washington State University > Pullman, WA 99164-1225 > 509-335-2005 > > From: <Resue>, Margaret <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Institutional policy-related discussions < > [email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 27, 2014 2:27 PM > To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > Subject: [acupa-l] Infectious Disease Policy > > Within your institution, where is your policy on infectious disease > housed – under General Administration, HR, ….Here in NJ by statue it should > fall under the college’s Emergency Operations Plan as a Board of Trustees > policy. Do any of your institutions have such a policy in place that you > could share as appoint of reference and have any of you incorporated it > into your institution’s emergency op plan? > > > > Thanks for any information you may be able to provide. > > > > *Meg Resue* > > Senior Executive Assistant > > Institutional Compliance . Office of the President > > T: 856-415-2101 > > [image: RCGC sign logo] > > > > ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the > reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE list of members. If you do NOT want > to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who > initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of > their original e-mail). > > If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to > the following website and complete the form. We will remove you from the > list within 24 hours, during normal business hours. > > http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html > > If you have questions about the ACUPA e-list, please contact Jamie Parris > at [email protected] > <[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or > 607-255-6837. > > ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the > reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE list of members. If you do NOT want > to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who > initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of > their original e-mail). > > If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to > the following website and complete the form. We will remove you from the > list within 24 hours, during normal business hours. > > http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html > > If you have questions about the ACUPA e-list, please contact Jamie Parris > at [email protected] > <[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or > 607-255-6837. > > -- Theresa Rowe Chief Information Officer Oakland University
