The First 100 Days: Establishment and Effectiveness of Campus Protection Measures at a College during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Organization for Multidisciplinary Task Force Team Managing COVID-19 Related Issues
2.2. Establishment of Campus Protection Measures for COVID-19 (CPMCV-19)
2.3. Decision-Making Algorithm in Managing Suspected Infection on Campus
2.4. Practical Measures in Executing CPMCV-19
3. Results
3.1. Establishment of Regulations, Standard Operating Procedures, and Decision-Making Algorithms
3.2. Effectiveness of CMPCV-19
3.3. Cost and Time for CMPCV-19 Performance
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Important Information in Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
- Follow procedures and regulations set by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control:
- Inform the school and observe a 14-day home quarantine if you have recently traveled to Hubei Province, China.
- If you have recently traveled to Mainland China (including Hong Kong and Macau) and have a fever or respiratory symptoms, please call the Disease Prevention Hotline 1922 and see a physician as soon as possible. If the physician deems no further medical action is necessary, please conduct self-health management for 14 days and refrain from leaving your home.
- Further regulations and amendments set by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control should be followed.
- Temperature should be taken daily. If your temperature exceeds the limit (forehead 37.5 °C/inner ear 38 °C), please visit a physician immediately. To prevent cross infection at school, abide the physician’s orders for home rest or self-observation if needed.
- Take your temperature daily; wash your hands often; do not talk while eating. It is also recommended that you have an extra surgical mask with you at all times.
- Avoid public places and hospitals if possible. Wash your hands often with either bar or liquid soap for a duration of 20 s or more each time.
- To properly prevent the spread of the virus and protect the health of our students, students are required to have their temperature taken once they arrive at school. If the temperature is under the limit (forehead 37.5 °C/inner ear 38 °C), the students are required to record the results on the class chart. If a student’s temperature exceeds the limit, they will be asked to rest in an isolation area for a short period of time before their temperature is taken again. If the temperature is still too high, his/her parents will be notified to pick up their child, and a physician visit will be strongly recommended. Sorry for any inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding.
- All visitors (including parents) will be required to have their temperature taken, hands sanitized with alcohol, and have a mask on. Noncompliance, a temperature greater or equal to the limit (forehead 37.5 °C/inner ear 38 °C), or any respiratory symptoms will be cause for banning entry to the school.
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Essential Components | Established Measures |
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No close contact communication | 1.Team telecommunication by using mobile application LINE 2. Administrative teleconference using Microsoft Teams 3. Teleteaching simulation on TronClass platform |
Sterilization | Campus sterilization on school days |
Temperature control | School gate control with daily temperature measuring < forehead 37.5 °C/inner ear 38 °C |
Social distancing | 1.5-m indoors and 1-m outdoors |
Activity restrictions | <100 persons indoors and <500 persons outdoors |
Personal hygiene control | Facemasks, handwashing education, desktop sneeze guards in classrooms and restaurants. |
Situational awareness | Regulations and standard operating procedures, as well as execution analysis. |
Item | Date Since First Confirmed Case | Description of Item | The Name of the Team |
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1 | 6 | Establishment of school’s Infection Prevention Task Force | Infection Prevention Team |
2 | 14 | Establishment of school’s COVID-19 Infection Prevention Plan | Academic Policy Team |
3 | 14 | Letter published to all parents informing details of the COVID-19 Virus and school’s countermeasures | Infection Prevention Team |
4 | 36 | Establishment of COVID-19 protocols for school closure, reopening, and making up for lost classes | Academic Policy Team |
5 | 37 | Schedule set for periodical sterilization of campus grounds | Environmental Controls Team |
6 | 45 | Precaution notification of COVID-19 related false information and fake news | Administrative Supply Chain Team |
7 | 50 | SOP for students on campus with a fever | Administrative Supply Chain Team |
8 | 50 | SOP for ill dormitory boarders | Infection Prevention Team |
9 | 50 | SOP for dormitory boarders’ infection prevention | Infection Prevention Team |
10 | 58 | COVID-19 transition procedures for Taiwanese students studying abroad to repatriate and continue schooling | Infection Prevention Team |
11 | 60 | Faculty required to have temperature taken before boarding school bus | Infection Prevention Team |
12 | 60 | Establishment of dormitory boarders’ environment sterilization protocols and heath guidelines | Environmental Controls Team |
13 | 64 | Dormitory personnel infection prevention training and event simulation | Personnel Policy Team |
14 | 67 | Classroom infection prevention guidelines during COVID-19 pandemic | Academic Policy Team |
15 | 70 | Student self-moderation guidelines for off-campus accommodation | Infection Prevention Team |
16 | 77 | Faculty school bus infection prevention guidelines | Infection Prevention Team |
17 | 86 | Sterilization records for April, Guandu Campus | Environmental Controls Team |
18 | 86 | Sterilization records for April, Sanzhi Campus | Environmental Controls Team |
19 | 96 | Promotion of MOE’s School Dormitory Infection Prevention Guidelines | Infection Prevention Team |
20 | 127 | Sterilization records for May, Guandu Campus | Environmental Controls Team |
21 | 127 | Sterilization records for May, Sanzhi Campus | Environmental Controls Team |
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Chang, T.-C.; Lin, M.-Y.; Huang, J.-C.; Yen, C.-T.; Li, C.-H.; Jan, W.-C.; Huang, H.-Y.; Liu, C.-L.; Chen, Y.-J. The First 100 Days: Establishment and Effectiveness of Campus Protection Measures at a College during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare 2020, 8, 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030308
Chang T-C, Lin M-Y, Huang J-C, Yen C-T, Li C-H, Jan W-C, Huang H-Y, Liu C-L, Chen Y-J. The First 100 Days: Establishment and Effectiveness of Campus Protection Measures at a College during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare. 2020; 8(3):308. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030308
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang, Tsan-Chang, Mei-Ying Lin, Jui-Chi Huang, Cheng-Tung Yen, Ching-Hui Li, Woan-Ching Jan, Huei-Ying Huang, Chien-Liang Liu, and Yu-Jen Chen. 2020. "The First 100 Days: Establishment and Effectiveness of Campus Protection Measures at a College during the COVID-19 Pandemic" Healthcare 8, no. 3: 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030308