Multi-Faceted Approach to COVID-19 Surveillance at a Large University Campus in the Southeastern United States

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to present unique public health challenges both within the United States and across the globe. Institutions of higher learning are tasked with preventing and responding to COVID-19 on campus while also considering implications for the surrou...

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Published inDisaster medicine and public health preparedness Vol. 17; p. e176
Main Authors Klann, Emily M., Rich, Shannan N., Hendrick, Sabrina C., Felipe, Alfeil, Sathish, Sneha, Prins, Cindy, Lauzardo, Michael, Shapiro, Jerne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 02.05.2022
Subjects
Antigens
Asymptomatic
Classrooms
Collaboration
College campuses
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Contact Tracing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 vaccines
Disease transmission
Dormitories
Epidemiology
Fever
Health surveillance
Hospital systems
Hospitals
Houses
Humans
Laboratories
Learning
Pandemics
Public Health
Quarantine
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Southeastern United States - epidemiology
Student organizations
United States - epidemiology
Universities
Young adults
Southeastern United States
United States
Florida
United States > US
COVID-19
epidemiology
surveillance program
college campus
disease surveillance
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Summary:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to present unique public health challenges both within the United States and across the globe. Institutions of higher learning are tasked with preventing and responding to COVID-19 on campus while also considering implications for the surrounding communities. The process of re-opening campus, whether at full or partial capacity, has tasked these institutions with overcoming complex challenges associated with balancing the resumption of campus operations while simultaneously protecting university affiliates and surrounding community members from COVID-19 through robust surveillance, contact tracing, and testing efforts. Here, we provide a concise outline related to the development and implementation of the comprehensive and sustainable COVID-19 surveillance program at the University of Florida. We also critically discuss the successes and pitfalls of this program while also providing recommendations for the development of similar programs in the future.
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ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2022.109