Showcasing Environmental Health and Safety Activities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency preparedness is not a novel topic. What has been novel is the fast pace at which organizations, including academic institutions, have had to adapt to infectious disease outbreaks since 2000.

Objective

The goal of this article is to highlight the various environmental health and safety (EHS) team activities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to ensure that on-site personnel was safe, the research could be conducted, and critical business operations such as academics, laboratory animal care, environmental compliance, and routine healthcare functions could continue during the pandemic.

Methods

The response framework is presented by discussing first the lessons learned in preparedness and emergency response during outbreaks that

SUBMITTER: Dothard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991430 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature