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JUNE 6, 2020 UPDATES to SOM COVID-19 Research Ramp-Up see School of Medicine Office of Research Website and UCI Office of Research.
State and County guidelines require that we identify those employees from your units who will be returning to onsite work by sending the Name & UCInetID of your onsite employees to Rachel Corell at rcorell@hs.uci.edu. This includes any people (faculty, staff, graduate students, postdocs, etc.) who will be working for any amount of time (part-time or full-time) at a UCI-controlled location, excluding the clinical sites already covered by current on-site checks. These locations include: UCI campus, Research Park, and Centerpointe. Once added to the list, these employees can be activated within the application and begin receiving the daily emails.
You have received this information today in the official notification.
In order to be approved for research during the Phase 2 Ramp-Up, principal investigators of laboratories must have:
- Completed the SOM Qualtrics Research Activities Ramp-Up Form to provide legal assurance that persons re-entering the laboratory understand and are following guidelines according to a compliant laboratory and shared space occupancy plan.
- Submitted the completed form to their Division Chief (Department of Medicine only) or Department Chair.
- Received from Chair approval of Qualtrics PDF. NOTE the approval and the PDF must be submitted by the Division Chief/Chair to Emily Dawidoff (Edawidof@uci.edu) SOM Office of Research.
- Posted this notification in a visible site on the laboratory entrance and saved your Qualtrics PDF in your lab safety notebook.
- Acquired supplies to insure people in the laboratories have proper sanitizing materials and PPE.
- If the PI is the reviewer, s/he can self-approve according to the same guidelines and move into phase 2. However, those Qualtrics forms will also undergo review in the Dean’s Office in case modifications are required.
- This guidance including the Qualtrics form DOES apply to all laboratories that have been performing critical research in phase 1.
EXCEPTIONS: If you are in Beckman Laser Center or Gross Hall you will follow those building specific protocols (which have different forms but are similar in principle). Sprague Hall has adopted the SOM Qualtrics form, but will report plans to the Cancer Research Institute (Waterman/Driscoll) for building approval, as well as department chairs for approval. Cancer Center/CRI have adopted specific codes of conduct within building spaces.
RETURN TO WORK UPDATE (Per CDC Guidelines):
- At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since recovery defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and,
- At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared
COVID SUPPLIES: Initial signage, sanitizing spray, hand-sanitizer, towels, and cleaning gloves will be provided by Facilities Management. Washable masks will be provided by Environmental Health and Safety [David Melitz (949) 824-4660]. Supplies are likely to be limited so laboratories should plan accordingly. Facilities Management supplies will be distributed June 5 and ongoing by SOM Facilities [Jeff Dillon (949) 824-6708; jdillon@hs.uci.edu, Med Sci C142F] at the Medical Sciences loading dock operations team to departments proportional to their share of the supply based on the number of faculty investigators. SPRAGUE, SCRC, and BLI will need to check with Jeff regarding their supplies and pickup or delivery. Other PPE are the responsibility of the laboratory as per usual. Centralizing supply provision initially is to help insure supply flow rather than internal competition. No-touch, infra-red thermometers have been ordered to make approximately one per laboratory available after delivery. Delivery is expected in about one week.
SIGNAGE: Signage will be provided by Facilities Management, but it is possible to print signs from centrally provided templates and may be possible to request additional signage.
DELIVERY ACCESS: Buildings in Phase 2 will be locked. Standard DELIVERIES such as FED EX are facilitated by delivery persons who have access granted will continue as during phase 1; other deliveries may be facilitated by special arrangement such as appointment through cell phone contact; alternatively deliveries may be sent to: North Campus Distribution Center: 19182 Jamboree Road: Irvine, CA 92612; Tel: 949-824-6734 where they can be picked up by appointment. |
