Hahn School of Nursing COVID-19 Screening Station
Christopher Manaois
Faculty Advisor: Brenda Boone, PhD, RN
BACKGROUND
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that is spread
from person to person through droplets or direct contact.
Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, loss
of taste or smell, headache, diarrhea, etc.
Incubation of the virus can take 6 to 41 days with a median of 14 days.
By May 2021, more
than 152 million
cases and over 3
million deaths were
reported.
The US alone
suffered 32 million
cases and half a
million deaths.
PURPOSE
• The University of San Diego proposed possible plans on the campus
reopening for the Fall 2020 semester, after closing down March 2020.
• A team, headed by Dr. Jonathan Mack was assembled to develop
temperature screening station for the Hahn School of Nursing (SON).
• The project was based on the existing screening station at the Hahn
Building but considered the unique needs of the SON staff, faculty and
students for infection prevention and overall safety.
METHOD
• During the Hahn Building site visit, the screening process was inspected
and documented followed by the creation of a visual workflow to study.
• Improvement points included the proposal of a contactless feature to limit
direct and person-to-person contact, as well as incorporating data storing
that could be used for contact tracing to prevent the spread of COVID-
19.
RESULTS
Proposed SON Screening Station
• Improvement points were integrated in the first part of the new process
where staff and students access the questionnaire by scanning posted QR
codes outside the building entry using their mobile devices.
• The building patrons then complete the COVID-19 symptom and exposure
history assessment which are submitted to the database.
Added
improvement
points
• Upon completion and submission of the online questionnaire, screening
personnel can quickly verify responses and allow building access following
temperature scanning.
• Submitted responses are preset and aligned with CDC recognized COVID-19
symptoms and recent exposure criteria.
• Individuals who do not meet access requirements are denied entry and are
endorsed to the medical clinic or to go home.
• The proposed SON station also includes data collection and storage
capabilities.
• Recorded responses can be easily visualized and saved for necessary
future use if contact tracing activation is necessary.
• Google Suite allows the responses to be saved as Excel sheets which can
be saved and secured for later use, if needed.
DISCUSSION
• The University of San Diego SON is a unique part of the educational
institution where faculty, staff, and students have exposure to COVID-19
infected patients, in a clinical environment.
• The proposed touchless symptom screening station will avoid disease
infection by limiting direct and person-to-person contact.
• This solution allows remote completion of the screening saving time and
exposure from other individuals from clustering near the entrances.
• The contact tracing feature also allows an extra step of disease control and
mitigation as recommended by the CDC.
GANTT CHART
CONSLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES
Although the collective University decision was made to employ another
mode of screening, this proposed project has shown feasibility and was a
possible solution for the SON. The currently employed solution has shown
great effects in keeping staff, faculty and students healthy and safe.
Opportunities:
• Expansion of case investigation and contact tracing throughout the
University
• Development of University community care coordination and social
support programs to monitor isolation and quarantining efforts
• Improvement of internal software which secures and stores University
staff, students, and faculty information while upholding privacy standards.
REFERENCES
Available upon request