Protecting higher education institutions from COVID-19: insights from an Italian experience

被引：26

作者：

Quattrone, Filippo ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Borghini, Alice ^{[2
]}

Emdin, Michele ^{[1
]}

Nuti, Sabina ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Scuola Super Sant Anna, Inst Life Sci, Piazza Martiri Liberta 33, Pisa, Italy

[2] Scuola Super Sant Anna, Inst Management, Management & Healthcare Lab MeS, Pisa, Italy

[3] Univ Pisa, Dept Translat Res & New Surg & Med Technol, Pisa, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH | 2022年 / 70卷 / 05期

关键词：

Coronavirus; COVID-19; emergency preparedness; infection control; university health services;

D O I：

10.1080/07448481.2020.1791885

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide have been deeply affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures. HEIs are environments at high risk of COVID-19 diffusion, due to the high number of people sharing the same environment, and complex to protect, because of the multiple functions present (e.g. teaching rooms, research facilities, dormitories). Protection of HEIs is therefore a serious, but apparently neglect, public health issue. Italy was the first country to be heavily hit in Europe by COVID-19. Italian HEIs had to quickly respond to the emergency with multifaceted interventions to protect all the people on campus while guaranteeing the continuity of research and teaching activities. The purpose of this viewpoint is to propose and discuss a list of priority actions for the protection of HEIs, based on international guidelines and the experience of a small size Italian Public University and Research campus.

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页码：1354 / 1355

页数：2