Influenza: Difference between revisions

Revised Date: '''11/03/15'''<br />

Reviewed Date: '''12/10/13'''<br />

'''1.1''' The purpose of this policy is to help ensure workplace health and safety and the well‐being of students, faculty, staff, family, and visitors to the University by reducing the potential or actual exposure to seasonal or pandemic flu.

'''2.1''' This policy is applicable to all UNMC students and employees to include Office/Service, Managerial/Professional, Faculty, and other Academic positions. It also may apply to campus visitors such as applicants to educational programs, applicants for employment, volunteers, and vendors.

'''3.1''' The University of Nebraska will monitor guidance and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO), as well as state and local health officials, and may revise this flu season policy as more information becomes available.

'''4.1''' The UNMC Division Director, Benefits & Work-Life Programs is responsible for the administration, implementation and maintenance of the policy in consultation with the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Executive Director of Human Resources and the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine.

Each influenza season employees must complete the reporting requirement. To be labeled as complete, employees can get the vaccination at one of the mass vaccination clinics on the Omaha UNMC campus, receive the vaccine elsewhere and document receipt of vaccine in the online system, or decline the vaccination and answer the required questions in the online system. The employee will then be marked as 100% complete in the system. <br /><br />

====Students====The vaccination information for students who receive their vaccination at UNMC Student Health or at a Student Health sponsored vaccination clinic on the main campus will automatically be imported into the student’s PeopleSoft MyRecords Immunization Center. Those vaccinated elsewhere must update their immunization records themselves online using MyRecords. Students should log on and click on Access Immunization Center to upload their current immunization documentation. <br /><br />

The University of Nebraska endorses and encourages all faculty, staff and students to adhere to the guidance of the CDC in order to minimize your risk of becoming sick with seasonal or pandemic flu. The CDC recommends four main prevention techniques:<br />

 

'''5.2.1''' Get the influenza vaccination.

'''5.2.2''' Practice good hygiene by washing hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol‐based hand cleaners are also effective.

'''5.2.3''' Cover the mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. If a tissue is not available, the cough or sneeze should be directed into a sleeve, elbow or shoulder, not into your hands. Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth as germs spread this way.   

'''5.2.4''' Individuals who are sick with influenza-like illnesses should stay home.

===Actions Expected of Faculty, Staff, and Students