Communicable Disease Prevention
TRU is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our community. A high-level summary of TRU’s Communicable Disease Plan below outlines the preventative measures that everyone needs to follow to reduce the risk of transmitting communicable diseases within our community.
In summary
Communicable disease prevention focuses on simple mitigation strategies that reduce the risk of workplace transmission. The fundamental components include both ongoing controls and supplemental controls that are implemented in times of elevated risk, as advised by the public health office (provincially or locally).
Ongoing mitigation controls
Support employees and students to stay home when sick
- If ill, stay home and away from others.
- Seek medical attention when needed.
- Call HealthLinkBC 8-1-1 for provincial health information.
- Rapid take-home test kits for COVID-19 are available at community pharmacies for people aged 18+.
- For more information on COVID-19, visit: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19
Promote hand washing and hygiene practices
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Utilize any of the many sanitizer stations located across campus.
- Cough and sneeze into your elbow or tissue and clean hands after.
Plan for responding to elevated risk
TRU will monitor and review communicable disease information and trends through the Provincial Health Office and locally through Interior Health. If community risk elevates and communicable disease transmission increases in our region, TRU will update our campus communities of any changes that could impact university activities based off advice/direction from Provincial Health/Interior Health.
For more information:
Potential changes
- Masks may move from personal choice to required
- Enhanced cleaning protocols — increased cleaning across campus and or in targeted spaces
- Re-implementation of industry specific guidelines — i.e., reduced indoor dining or reduced event occupancy
- Re-implementation of physical distancing/reduced occupancy — i.e., restricting social gatherings, maintaining 6 ft distance from others
- Re-implementation of barrier usage in high-risk areas — i.e., service counters, retail sale counters, dining check outs, reception desks etc.
- Re-implementation of remote working/learning — transitioning to working from home or to online learning
Communicable diseases
For more information on communicable diseases, please visit the BC Centre for Disease Control website.
