2019 Annual Meeting

A Campus-Wide Handwashing Campaign to Decrease the Spread of Communicable Diseases (Room Director's Row H)

29 May 19
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Credit-CHES, Credit-CME, Credit-CNE, Credit-CPEU, Session Badge - Campus Collaboration

CME:1  CNE:1  CHES:1  CPEU:1 

Campus Collaboration

After this session, attendees should be able to:

  1. Discuss the importance of interdepartmental collaboration in a campus-wide handwashing campaign.
  2. Explain the rationale of proper handwashing to stop the spread of communicable disease.
  3. List ways to create and implement a successful campus-wide handwashing campaign.
  4. List campus community groups to assist in the implementation of the campaign.

Program Abstract:
In an effort to decrease the spread of communicable diseases on campus, the Wayne State University Campus Health Center collaborated with various university partners to implement a campus-wide Handwashing Campaign during the Winter 2018 semester. The timing of the campaign implementation strategically overlapped the growing concern of the ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak in Michigan, as well as the annual effort to stop the spread of influenza.