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UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
Notifiable disease:
• One for which regular, frequent, and timely information regarding individual cases is considered necessary for the prevention and control of the disease.
• Any infectious agent or toxins that could in theory be engineered for deliberate use causing widespread disease.
3. SCOPE
This plan is applicable to all employees, students, contractors and visitors within the premises and perimeters under the control of the University.
4. APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The UNIZULU DMP developed by the Management Team is promulgated under the authority of the MANCO and EXCO. MANCO is the authority of approval for this DMP. No plan shall create rights, privileges, duties, or obligations of any nature prior to MANCO approval. This plan shall not be construed in a manner that limits the use of prudent judgement and common sense in matters not covered by the elements of this DMP. The procedures laid out in this document should be seen as flexible to accommodate contingencies of various types and magnitude.
• Any serious infectious disease of humans caused by a bacterium or a virus that occurs naturally and spreads rapidly, causing widespread disruption in business activities.
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP): any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen to prevent infection from occurring.
Response levels: provides a broad indication of the protective security measures that should be applied at any moment informed by the threat level but also consider specific assessments of vulnerability and risk.
a) Nature of Emergencies
The impact of emergency events is usually measured based on the TEMPLES memory aid approach:
Technical
IT systems, water outage, loss of energy or mechanical, electronic or engineering systems
Environmental
Pollution, contamination, or other corruption of a healthy environment
Environment Market
Institutional public reputation or image
People
Employees, students, visitors, contractors, and the public
Legal
Statutory compliance with relevant legislation and local by-laws
Economic
Financial loss including damage to physical assets (insurance claims)
Social
The wellbeing and healthy interaction of the university community including the improvement of the quality of life within the campuses.
Emergencies can be defined in two broad categories, which sometimes overlap, namely, ‘crises of an individual’ and ‘crises of property’. They can also be defined in terms of their extent, namely, isolated, or major incidents/disasters. In the case of major incidents/disasters, outside disaster services as well as major efforts by the CRT would be required, and the Management Team would activate major policy considerations and decisions.
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