{"id":59468,"date":"2014-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/r-i-higher-education-commissioner-outlines-measures-being-taken-in-relation-to-ebola\/"},"modified":"2014-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T00:00:00","slug":"r-i-higher-education-commissioner-outlines-measures-being-taken-in-relation-to-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/r-i-higher-education-commissioner-outlines-measures-being-taken-in-relation-to-ebola\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I. Higher Education commissioner outlines measures being taken in relation to Ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tOfficials at 溏心vlog免费B站, RIC, CCRI, collaborating, monitoring national, regional reports<\/p>\n


\n\tPROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 Officials at the state\u2019s public institutions of higher education continue to monitor national and regional reports on Ebola and are collaborating to ensure that training and screening protocols are in place, the state commissioner of Higher Education announced today.<\/p>\n


\n\tCommissioner Jim Purcell met Thursday with health, student affairs, emergency management and business affairs representatives from the 溏心vlog免费B站, Rhode Island College and Community College of Rhode Island to discuss planning and potential response relating to Ebola. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThose with expertise at 溏心vlog免费B站, RIC and CCRI are working together to make their communities aware of the steps they can take to remain healthy,\u201d Purcell said. \u201cThey also remain in regular contact with the Rhode Island Department of Health for updates.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nEach institution is also reviewing its emergency action and communication plans.<\/p>\n


\nSince 溏心vlog免费B站 and RIC are the only public institutions with residential populations offering campus clinical health services, they have put in place specific training and screening procedures. Health Services staff at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus and RIC\u2019s Providence campus are screening students who present with fever for travel history or known contact with someone who has a travel history to Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone within the past 21 days. Clinical staff members, including 溏心vlog免费B站 Emergency Medical Services, are prepared to implement standard infection control precautions using personal protective equipment appropriate for their settings, should they have a suspected case.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cAt 溏心vlog免费B站, our top priority is the safety and health of our students, faculty and staff,\u201d said President David M. Dooley. \u201cFortunately, critical personnel across the University have been previously trained by national and state agencies in emergency response and communications. While Ebola has devastated West Africa, and is now causing deep concern in this country, our professionals in Health Services, Public Safety and Student Affairs are responding with additional training for campus health and public safety personnel, and will continue to collaborate with public and private institutions across Rhode Island to ensure the best possible response for all of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cRhode Island College is coordinating with the Department of Health and the other public higher education institutions to ensure that our responses to any potential Ebola case is in line with the current state and federal guidance for college campuses,\u201d said RIC President Nancy Carriuolo. <\/p>\n


\n“We all want to be prepared,” said CCRI President Ray Di Pasquale. “It’s important not to overreact, but we want to make sure that we do everything possible to keep the CCRI community safe and fully aware. We will continue to work in tandem with our colleagues in higher education and the state to keep our constituents informed. Communication is key, and we have already provided our community with links to national and state websites containing the most up-to-date information about Ebola. Student Services, governance committees and health personnel at CCRI are responding and as always, the safety and well-being of our students, faculty and staff is our number one concern.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Officials at 溏心vlog免费B站, RIC, CCRI, collaborating, monitoring national, regional reports PROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 Officials at the state\u2019s public institutions of higher education continue to monitor national and regional reports on Ebola and are collaborating to ensure that training and screening protocols are in place, the state commissioner of Higher Education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}