Stay aware during emergency events with the recently expanded UF Alert System, which now includes a UF Alert-Shands group for text and email alerts. Go online and check preferences to opt in or out of key groups that provide clear internal communications and instructions during emergencies that impact our clinical programs and facilities. Here’s how:

UF Health Shands staff:

1. Go to the UF Health Bridge.
2. From the Bridge home page, hover over “Employee Services” and click “Employee and Manager Self Service.”
3. Sign in.
4. Select “Main Menu” and “Self Service.”
5. Under the “Personal Information” menu, click “Office Location Details.”
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the correct UF Alert preferences.

UF or UF Health Shands staff:

1. Go to the myUFL website at my.ufl.edu.
2. Click on the “Access myUFL” button and sign in with your GatorLink
   username and password.
3. Select “Main Menu.”
4. Under the “My Account” menu, click “Update Emergency Contact.”
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the correct UF Alert preferences.

If you have a role in hospital-based emergency or disaster response for UF Health Shands, you are encouraged to sign up for the UF Alert-Shands group. Please talk with your director if you have questions.