• 1. West China Hospital/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 3. Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Center and MAGIC-China Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 4. Department of Health Policy and Management, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 5. Department of Student Affairs, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 6. Department of Academic Affairs, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 7. Department of Graduate Medical Education, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 8. National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 9. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
SUN Xin, Email: sunx79@hotmail.com; LI Weimin, Email: weimi003@yahoo.com; LI Ka, Email: lika127@126.com
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During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemics, universities take responsibility for the health of their students and epidemic control. Our urgent recommendation focuses on four key questions of emergency management in universities following rigorous evidence-based approaches and provides timely suggestions to university managers, academic faculties and student affairs managers. We recommend universities during the COVID-19 epidemics should: 1) suspend offline lectures; 2) provide proper health education on the disease; 3) encourage face masks, however oppose using N95 masks on the campus; 4) encourage hand hygiene and provide sanitizing products on the campus.

Citation: ZHANG Fengying, LI Sheyu, LI Lingli, CUI Jinbo, TIAN Yali, LI Ling, LI Yun, YANG Jie, LIU Chunjuan, HU Yanjie, YU Jing, LIU Yuwei, LIU Zhenmi, ZHANG Lie, QING Ping, WANG Xingyue, HU Xiaolin, DU Liang, WANG Yuning, CHEN Xinrong, HAO Qiukui, LI Youping, SUN Xin, LI Weimin, LI Ka. Emergency management in university students during coronavirus disease 2019 epidemics: West China urgent recommendation. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2020, 20(3): 252-257. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202002078 Copy

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