Guidance

Meningitis and septicaemia: prevention and management in higher education institutions

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccination programme and Meningococcal disease: guidance, data and analysis
• Published: 7 November 2016
• Last updated: 10 January 2017, see all updates

Guidance for higher education institutions on meningoccocal disease.

Documents

Guidance on the prevention and management of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia in higher education institutions

Ref: PHE Publications Gateway Number: 2016383 PDF, 3.43MB, 40 pages

Details

This guidance covers:

• understanding invasive meningococcal disease and why freshers are at increased risk
• raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of meningitis
• encouraging all first time university entrants up to 25 years old to have the MenACWY vaccination
• planning ahead for possible case or cluster of cases of meningitis
• sourcing resources to support awareness of immunisation
• best practice for communications in the event of a suspected case of meningitis

Document information

Published: 7 November 2016

Updated: 10 January 2017

+ full page history

1. 10 January 2017 Uploaded revised PDF which includes further detail around best practice for communications in the event of a suspected case of Meningitis.
2. 7 November 2016 First published.

From: Public Health England

Part of: Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccination programme Meningococcal disease: guidance, data and analysis