For all staff and students
- 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 avian influenza or novel influenza outbreak.
- Keep track of the development of infectious disease outbreaks in the community, and visit the Health Promotion and Protection website and Centre for Health Protection website regularly for updated information.
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Committee on Health Promotion and Protection (CHPP)
- Regular CHPP meetings to monitor the avian influenza and novel influenza outbreak situation in the community/hospital and actions taken by health authorities, to review preventive strategies adopted by various units, and to introduce additional measures if necessary.
- Regular updates on Health Promotion and Protection website to promote hygiene awareness and vigilance against infectious disease outbreak.
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University Health Service (UHS)
- All health care 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, if considered necessary.
- Maintain and observe Infection Control Measures at UHS.
- Adopt a triage system for patients with fever.
- Operate a Fever Clinic by a team of designated physicians and nurses with personal protective equipment (PPE), if deemed necessary.
- Monitor any outbreaks of respiratory disease on campus.
- Maintain a running record of patients seen with fever and influenza for assessing the trend and for any necessary follow up action.
- Monitor and follow-up responses to Health Declaration Form from hostel or individual students with positive findings.
- Organise Influenza Vaccination Programme for high risk group of staff and students, at appropriate seasons.
- Monthly canteen inspection on their compliance with hygiene standards (in conjunction with the Business Office).
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Colleges, Hostels, International House & Postgraduate Halls
- Working Groups of Colleges/I-House/Postgraduate Halls to hold regular meetings to discuss issues concerning Colleges and hostels preventive measures and action plans, and report the outcomes of discussion to the CHPP.
- Maintenance of hostel environmental hygiene.
- Maintain sufficient stock of thermometers, surgical masks and disinfectant in hostels.
- Arrange for a designated area in hostels for
relevant
information dissemination.
- Sale of surgical masks for hostel residents in need.
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Business Unit
- Monthly canteen inspection in conjunction with UHS.
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University Safety Office (USO)
- Review procedures on handling of bird carcass and bird droppings.
- Maintain sufficient quantity of disinfectants for use by other departments.
- Participate in training and briefing sessions for CUHK personnel.
- Liaise with responsible departments/offices such as Estates Management Office, Security Office, Business Office and Laboratory Animal Services Centre on preparative and preventive works.
- To liaise with Security Office and EMO 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 influenza.
- Advice departments on types and performance of surgical masks.
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Estates Management Office (EMO)
- Maintenance of general environmental hygiene.
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Registry
- Participate in CHPP meetings.
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Office of Student Affairs (OSA)
- Participate in CHPP meetings and provide translation service for CHPP.
- Disseminate updated information from the CHPP to students via OSA's publication "University MarketPlace" and OSA's website.
- For students participating in OSA activities outside Hong Kong, organize pre-trip briefing on healthcare issues in collaboration with UHS and provide information about healthcare guidelines, local hospitals, emergency numbers, China embassies, etc.
- Maintain
regular cleansing
for the University swimming pool
i.e. cleaning poolside and dressing rooms twice a day while vacuum cleaning the pool tub once a week, unless it is closed for the winter.
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Office of Academic Links (OAL)
For International Students
- Provide preventative guidelines to international students as issued by CUHK through “practical information” booklet and distribute to the international students when they check-in at OAL and via email.
- Include preventative guidelines in the E-newsletter to international students before their arrival.
- UHS to deliver talk during the student orientation on staying healthy and illnesses to be aware of.
For Outgoing Students
- Remind outgoing students to maintain good personal hygiene (pre-departure gatherings and emails).
Office
- Display posters about general hygiene .
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Security Office
- Maintenance of office and patrol vehicles hygiene.
- Maintain sufficient stock of surgical masks and disinfectant.
- Maintain practice of personal and environmental hygiene, such as frequent hand washing.
- Provide preventive guidelines on avian influenza to security staff as issued by the University.
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Transport Office
- Maintain practice of personal hygiene, e.g. frequent hand washing.
- Install an automatic soap dispenser for use in the office.
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Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC)
- Maintain ITSC environmental hygiene.
- Maintain sufficient stock of surgical masks and disinfectant.
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