{"id":79998,"date":"2020-03-13T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?p=79998"},"modified":"2020-03-16T13:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:45:58","slug":"3-14-covid-19-research-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2020\/03\/13\/3-14-covid-19-research-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/14 COVID-19 Research Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston University is monitoring the evolving situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic closely. Given the fluid situation, guidelines will change as facts change. Currently, there is no plan to cease research activities, with the exception of human subject in-person activities. However all precautionary measure should be followed.<\/p>\n

To ensure continuity of activities, please complete a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) form <\/a> and have copies available for your lab staff and your department\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Please continue to decontaminate your lab space as usual. The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) is finalizing guidelines for labs and facilities to follow when disinfecting spaces, if there is a positive case in the lab.<\/p>\n

In addition to the University’s requirements for academic-related activities, below are additional considerations for research activities:<\/p>\n

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  1. Update contact numbers for lab members, and have it part of the COOP.<\/li>\n
  2. Update the contact information on freezers and instruments that have alarm points.<\/li>\n
  3. Determine who needs to be present in the lab. If there are tasks that can be done remotely, then these lab members do not need to be on the campus.<\/li>\n
  4. If possible rotate or alternate lab member schedules in the lab.<\/li>\n
  5. Plan for sudden changes in the work force.<\/li>\n
  6. Consider not starting new projects, or training new lab members.<\/li>\n
  7. Conduct web-based lab meetings.<\/li>\n
  8. Be prepared for any possible disruptions in deliveries, and services including access to core facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If there are any other lab-based issues that arise please contact Andrew W. Taylor, PhD,<\/a> Associate Dean of Research. The goal is to do our research as best as we can under the circumstances.<\/p>\n

    Office (617) 358-2311 | adrbumc@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Currently, there is no plan to cease research activities, with the exception of human subject in-person activities. However all precautionary measure should be followed. Learn more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[254,90],"tags":[253,252],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79998"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80053,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79998\/revisions\/80053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}