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New Item Disaster Mental Health Intervention Field Guide (IN)
Updated August 2010 The Field Guide is a compendium of mental health tools that describes the range of behavioral health responses to disaster and offers suggestions on how to...   >> More
New Item SurveyMonkey Used for Campus Vaccine Registration (MI)
Conducting mass H1N1 vaccination at Michigan State University (MSU)-one of the Big 10 universities-required thoughtful planning. A population of approximately 47,000 students, an...   >> More
New Item H1N1 Essential Personnel Recommendation (IN)
In December 2008, before the first case of H1N1 pandemic influenza was discovered, Purdue University drafted a plan that outlines how essential and non-essential employees would access...   >> More
New Item Options-Based Planning Allows Flexible H1N1 Response (OH)
The Ohio State University (OSU) developed an "options-based" pandemic plan that allowed staff to coordinate H1N1 response in a flexible and creative manner. OSU began developing its...   >> More
New Item Nursing Students Provide Majority of Vaccine Given on Campus (PA)
Savvy planning and resource use helped Pennsylvania State University (PSU) make the best of the challenge of holding mass vaccination clinics. A key part of PSU's success was including...   >> More
New Item Quality Improvement Redesign a Tool in Pandemic Planning and Response (IL)
The University of Chicago needed to act quickly in late April 2009 when it discovered a Medical Center staff member was diagnosed with H1N1 as cases of the virus were appearing in...   >> More
New Item Malcolm Gladwell Theory Employed in Vaccine Distribution (IL)
Maps, guides, and arrows formed the basis of the University of Chicago pandemic flu vaccination distribution plan in April 2009. The plan driving the distribution was inspired by...   >> More
New Item Students Serve as Peer Educators (IL)
The University of Chicago developed a system in April 2009 for having students assist with education and management in H1N1 vaccine clinics. The students, called Peer Health Educators,...   >> More
New Item Students Developed Housing Plan in Response to H1N1 (IL)
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu outbreak forced the University of Chicago to make immediate housing plans after the flu virus was first identified in California and Mexico. So, when...   >> More
New Item Mass Clinic Approach Evolved to Meet Needs (IN)
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, Purdue University developed and tested specific floor plans for designated Points of Dispensing (POD) sites on campus. According to Ron Wright,...   >> More
New Item State of Emergency Policy (MN)
The University of Minnesota developed a policy that outlines how the president or designee, in accordance with the University Emergency Operations Plan, may determine circumstances...   >> More
New Item American Red Cross Student Chapter H1N1 Project (IN)
During two days at the beginning of the H1N1 outbreak in fall 2009, members of the Purdue Chapter of the American Red Cross, along with other student volunteers, distributed brief...   >> More
New Item Memorandum of Understanding for Prophylaxis During Public Health Emergencies (IN)
A memorandum has been developed and signed between Purdue University and the Tippecanoe County Health Department that allocates responsibility between the Health Department and the...   >> More
New Item Internal Memoranda of Understanding for Point of Dispensing Sites (IN)
Memoranda of Understanding have been developed and signed between internal university departments related to the use of facilities for Point of Dispensing (POD) sites. These...   >> More
New Item Medical Reserve Corps Assists with Vaccination Clinics (MN)
Since its creation in 2004, the University of Minnesota's (U of M) Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) has aided in emergency response and public health initiatives on campus and in the...   >> More
New Item Health Department Operations Center (MN)
Per the National Incident Management System (NIMS), Department Operations Centers (DOC) are established and activated by individual departments to coordinate and control actions...   >> More
New Item Online Scheduling System for Vaccinations (MN)
After several walk-in clinics took place at the University of Minnesota, planners identified a need to regulate client flow and reduce wait times. Planners responded by quickly...   >> More
New Item Student Health Advocates Also Address H1N1 (MN)
A Health Advocate is a student appointed as a health resource in his or her residence hall or apartment community, fraternity, or sorority. Health Advocates attend weekly classes at...   >> More
New Item Automated Clinic Registry Simplifies Vaccine Clinics (OH)
Registering students, faculty and staff for vaccine clinics was a daunting task as colleges and universities responded to the H1N1 pandemic. At The Ohio State University, those...   >> More
New Item Organizing the Emergency Operations Center (IL)
Although the University of Illinois did not need to stand up its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or Incident Command Post (ICP) for the H1N1 pandemic, the school had a plan in place...   >> More
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