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Pandemic Flu
Nebraska Wesleyan University has joined companies, governments, and schools nationwide in preparing a plan to cope with a potential pandemic flu outbreak.
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Pandemic Influenza Response Planning Team
The Wesleyan Pandemic Influenza Response Planning Team was formed in 2006 to prepare a response plan to ensure the safety and well being of faculty, staff, and students.
Progress Report :
- NWU formed the Pandemic Influenza Response Planning Team of campus experts and key response departments to conduct pre-event planning and prepare specific pandemic flu response procedures.
- The task force participated in a webinar provided by EIIA, the University’s insurance provider. The webinar further educated participants about various consequences of a flu pandemic.
- The task force met with the Lincoln/Lancaster County Health Department to review its plan and evaluate how Nebraska Wesleyan is affected by the city/county plan.
- The task force participated in a Health Department tabletop exercise.
- NWU is utilizing a checklist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist colleges and universities in developing and improving plans to prepare and respond to an influenza pandemic.
- The task force is working with Sodexho (Wesleyan’s food service provider) and Securitas (Security provider) to incorporate their response plans into the University’s overall response plan.
- The task force continues to work on a response plan and continues to participate in tabletop exercises.
- The university encourages faculty, staff, and students to get a flu shot, available at the Student Health and Wellness Center.
Task force members are:
- Jeri Brandt, Professor of Nursing
- Clark Chandler, Vice President for Finance and Administration
- Steve Dow, Director of Computing Services and Instructional Technology
- Robyn Drake, Manager of Housing Operations
- Bob Fairchild, Professor of Physics
- Matt Kadavy, Assistant Vice President and Director of Physical Plant
- Nancy Newman, Director of Student Health Services
- Sara Olson, Director of Public Relations
- Ken Sieg, Director of Enrollment Systems
H1N1 Flu (swine flu) Update
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