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Sanitization & Bacteria Control
if they are socially distanced, everyone in attendance is
required to have some sort of face-covering on them. And
Murphy noted that regular hand washing, either with soap
and water or hand sanitizer, must be done before and after
each session.
All participants have to be cleared physically before
taking part in the camp. In order to be cleared the athletics
department must have a valid copy of an updated physical.
" We've been living in a land of hypotheticals for the last
three months or so, we have to have a plan for everything
despite not having a ton of flexibility, " Murphy said. " It's an
unprecedented situation and definitely difficult to navigate. "
MICHIGAN
The flagship university in the Great Lakes State,
University of Michigan, has done an effective job of
keeping its positive tests among student-athletes and staff
members through a rigorous protocol.
It's return-to-campus plan consists of four phases,
including a 14-day pre-report risk assessment, a sixday
resocialization period to campus, and daily risk
assessments like temperature checks.
Student-athletes from the football, men's basketball,
and women's basketball programs have been in voluntary
strength and conditioning sessions since June 15. Daily
screenings are held for student-athletes and staff before
being allowed into the facilities and are given items
like masks and personal sanitizers. All facilities on the
athletic portion of campus follow rigorous cleaning and
sanitization sessions, including high-risk areas like locker
rooms, weight rooms, training rooms via electrostatic
sanitation devices.
" Our protocols and plans have been developed by
medical experts from across U-M's campus, who have
collaborated with officials at the local, state and national
levels, " Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of
Athletics said in an issued press release from the school.
The second phase involved the student-athletes from
the remaining fall sports programs, such as men's and
women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's
golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's
tennis, and volleyball.
And the results, for the most part, have been positive.
As of July 7, the university had tested 514 student-athletes
and staff members. Of the 375 student-athletes, only four
have tested positive for COVID-19 while there have been
zero reported cases among the 139 staffers tested since
the campus was re-opened in mid-June, according to an
article from the Detroit Free Press.
" We continue to take the utmost care to ensure that
all student-athletes and staff return to a safe and healthy
environment, " Manuel said in the release. n
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