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People across campus work every day to ensure the health and safety of our campus community. Many departments provide health services, counseling, food services, housing, facilities management, environmental health, and public safety. These daily efforts prevent health problems at the individual and community level.
A health emergency is the rare situation that creates the potential for widespread illness, possibly death, among a group of people.
Examples of health emergencies:
Health emergencies are often long-term events lasting for weeks or even months. An influenza pandemic may cause significant reductions in the available workforce and threaten our entire infrastructure, causing disruptions in normal services.
The University's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).pdf outlines the basic response system for all emergencies on campus, including health emergencies. Systems and procedures that capitalize on the extensive resources in the Academic Health Center have also been developed for health emergencies. These include: