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- H&S policies and guidance
- Children, young people and vulnerable adults on campus
- Control of substances hazardous to health (CoSHH)
- Dogs in university buildings
- Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
- Driving vehicles on university business
- Fieldwork
- Fire safety
- First aid
- General risk assessment
- Health and safety policy and management
- Manual handling
- Meningitis
- Portable appliance testing (PAT)
- Radiation safety
- Smoking policy
- Forms, signs and templates
- How to...
- Health and safety training
- Health & Safety Committee
- H&S policies and guidance
4.2 Protocol B: Action for a single case of probable or confirmed case of meningococcal disease
A Probable case is a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis or septicaemia without microbiological confirmation where the public health doctor considers that meningococcal disease is the most likely diagnosis.
A Confirmed case is a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis or septicaemia which has been confirmed microbiologically. Preventive antibiotics will be issued to close contacts of the case by the Consultant in Communicable Disease Control or duty public health doctor.
| Action | Person/Organisation responsible |
|---|---|
| 1. Admit case to hospital | Student Health Centre / General Practitioner |
| 2. Inform and liaise with the Consultant in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC) | Student Health Centre / General Practitioner / Hospital |
| 3. Inform and liaise with the University Meningitis Policy Coordinator (UMPC) or Deputy | CCDC |
| 4. Contact Estate Patrol (to locate) Resident Tutor / Residence Manager / Director of Campus Services | UMPC |
| 5. Inform and liaise with the Resident Tutor / Residence Manager / Director of Campus Services and the Student Health Centre | CCDC/UMPC |
| 6. Inform and liaise with College Dean, the Health and Safety Adviser, other relevant University staff and the Guild of Students | UMPC |
| 7. Arrange for close contacts to be alerted and to be issued with antibiotic prophylactics (and offered vaccine where appropriate) | CCDC / Student Health Centre |
| 8. Inform and alert the General Practitioners of all close contacts who are thus treated | Student Health Centre |
| 9. Issue previously prepared communication (2) urgently (same day) to students in same residence and on the same course | Health and Safety Office |
| 10. Consider arranging a meeting for students in the same residence and on the same course | CCDC / Student Health Centre / UMPC |
| 11. Issue a previously prepared communication (3) to all Colleges, student residences and the Guild of Students (eg via e-mail) | Health and Safety Office |
| 12. Provide public health information and advice to the University and offer the Health Authority telephone help-line number | CCDC |
| 13. Alert national meningitis charities and request the use of their telephone help-line numbers | CCDC |
| 14. Consider issuing a press statement | CCDC/Academic Secretary/Press Relations Manager/NHS Press Officer |
