Collaboration with state and federal partners is vital to ensure that healthcare workers are adequately protected during an influenza pandemic. Preparedness planning will enhance the collective, multilevel response to future public health crises. Phases correlate with preparedness, including capacity development and response planning activities, while phases 46 clearly signal the need for response. This template provides guidance to assist organizations in developing a pandemic influenza continuity of operations plan or, if the organization already has a continuity plan, a pandemic influenza annex. T his guide assembles the primary government and pandemic in. It describes the current state of relevant guidance, frameworks and strategies and provides a strategic overview of work that will be carried out by the above organisations.
This pandemic flu policy outlines our overall response to a pandemic flu outbreak and our emergency preparedness and business continuity plan. Who previously published pandemic preparedness guidance in 1999 and a revision of that guidance in 2005. This is the governments strategy for responding to an influenza pandemic in the uk. The attached pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan, prepared by the department of health and mental hygiene, will guide the citys response in the event of a pandemic. Provides guidelines for a range of activities, from monitoring the spread of a virus, to using the most effective vaccines and medicines. The fda has issued specific guidance to employers who have questions about what to do when an employee is positive with covid19.
This document is one of the tools dhs developed to. Important resources and web links are listed at the end of this document. General guidance on antivirals the proposed recommendations on use of antiviral drugs replace advice that was developed in 2005 as part of the hhs pandemic preparedness and response plan. The following documents guide the united states preparedness and response in an influenza pandemic, with the intent of stopping, slowing or otherwise limiting the spread of a pandemic to the united states.
The who guidance introduces a riskbased approach that would allow. Please see recent final medical device guidance documents for. Since 2005, there have been advances in many areas of preparedness and response planning. Pandemic influenza preparedness and response ncbi bookshelf. In this revision, who has retained the use of a sixphased approach for easy incorporation of new recommendations and approaches into existing national preparedness and response plans. Hhs offers pandemic guidance on masks, antivirals cidrap. This checklist can help healthcare coalitions assess, create, and improve their pandemic preparedness and response plans. This who guidance document pandemic influenza preparedness and responsesignificantly updates and replaces who global influenza preparedness plan. The planning outlined in this document focuses specifically on humanitarian organizations response in selected program priority areas within the context of government planning. Impacts can range from school and business closings to the interruption of basic services such as public transportation and food delivery. Influenza pandemic preparedness national credit union. The phases are applicable to the entire world and provide a global framework to aid countries in pandemic preparedness and response planning. Offers a national public health approach to preparing for an influenza pandemic in canada.
A who guide to inform and harmonize national and international pandemic preparedness and response. The grouping and description of pandemic phases have been revised to make them easier to understand, more precise, and based upon observable phenomena. Pandemic influenza preparedness, response and recovery. Disaster planning and preparedness is a fundamental requirement of good business practice. Pandemic flu is a global outbreak of the human flu, often impacting over 25% of the human population. Hospital seasonal influenza pandemic preparedness checklist.
Who pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance. For example, stockpiles of antiviral drugs are now a reality and a who guideline has been developed to attempt to stop or delay pandemic influenza at its initial emergence. Holders of non controlled copies will receive changes only upon written request. Advance planning and preparedness are critical to help mitigate the impact of a global pandemic. Pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance. This guidance updates and replaces the pandemic influenza risk management. Page numbers are given for sections of the longer document that address the question asked. Pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance for. Pandemic influenza plan updated 2017 pdf icon 1 mb, 52 pages. Oep will provide the plan to uga departments that will play a campuswide emergency response role during a pandemic event and will post a copy of the plan. This document provides an overview of a pandemic influenza response plan for the city university of new york cuny.
Preparedness and response framework for influenza pandemics. This document highlights key documentation from nhs england, public health england and the department of health about pandemic influenza preparedness and response. It may also be used to orient the response as a pandemic begins. The 2009 revision, including definitions of a pandemic and.
Pandemic influenza planning, united states, 19782008. Pandemic influenza preparedness and response overview these guidelines were edited by jum kanokporn coninx, keiji fukuda, hande harmanci, kidong park, mary chamberland, tamara curtin niemi, elisabeth isis pluut and claudia vivas of the global influenza programme in the health security and environment cluster of the world health organization. Seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza are very distinct and separate disease issues. Prepared for ifma foundation pandemic preparedness manual ifma pandemic manual. Pandemic planning, preparedness, response, and recovery. This document provides general information regarding oshas pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance for healthcare workers and healthcare employers osha publication 3328 and links to additional resources. Guidance for industry postmarketing adverse event reporting for medical products and dietary supplements during an influenza pandemic u. Hospital seasonal influenzapandemic preparedness checklist. The guidance is aimed at helping trusts to plan for an influenza pandemic in interpandemic world health organization who phases 1 and 2 and pandemic alert periods who phases 3 to 5 and then to respond in the actual pandemic period who phase 6, uk alert levels 1 to 4 and the postpandemic recovery period. Health and social care influenza pandemic preparedness and. General guidance and sample information is provided for reference and organizations are. Who interim guidance published in 20, which was a revision of the pandemic influenza preparedness and response. He served as public health advisor to the humanitarian pandemic preparedness h2p initiative from 2007 through 2010, contributing to several who guidance documents. The australian health management plan for pandemic influenza ahmppi outlines australias strategy to manage an influenza pandemic and minimise its impact on the health of australians and our health system.
The purpose of this letter to credit unions ltcu is intended to raise awareness regarding the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak and its potential impact on the delivery of critical financial services. This who guidance document pandemic influenza preparedness and response significantly updates and replaces who global influenza preparedness plan. Pandemic flu response plan, 4 purpose the pandemic influenza response plan for king county plan provides guidance to public health seattle and king county phskc and regional partners regarding detection, response and recovery from an influenza pandemic. Supporting documents underpinning the uk influenza pandemic preparedness strategy. Pandemic preparedness in the department of global health at save the childrenus in fairfield, connecticut, has been working on pandemic preparedness since early 2006. The cdc guidance document, federal guidance to assist states in improving statelevel pandemic influenza operating plans, was used to prepare the statewide pandemic influenza concept of operations. The public health communitys response to the 2009 influenza ah1n1pdm09 pandemic demonstrated the value of planning and provided insights into improving future plans and response efforts. Executive summary this document focuses predominantly on the operational aspects of pandemic response in the health and social care sectors, incorporating the lessons identified from the h1n1. Once the chief medical officer cmo has declared an influenza pandemic in the uk, then the department of health england and public health englands detailed guidance entitled health and social care influenza pandemic preparedness and response is a useful document. Executive summary pandemic influenza preparedness and.
Who previously published pandemic preparedness guidance in 1999 and a. It outlines whos responsibilities related to pandemic preparedness, describes the pandemic influenza preparedness framework, and offers guidance on pandemic influenza risk. Who library cataloguinginpublication data programme. Hhs anticipates that the capacity and capabilities developed for pandemic influenza preparedness will enable hhs to respond more effectively to other.
Who checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning. Surveillance and response system gisrs influenza virus infections in humans update. This guidance is an update of who global influenza preparedness plan, the role of who and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics. Uk influenza pandemic preparedness strategy 2011 8 put in place plans to ensure a response that is proportionate to meet the differing demands of pandemic influenza viruses of. An updated version of the 20 interim guidance, this guide provides information to guide nations and regions in preparedness for and response to pandemic influenza. Wales health and social care influenza pandemic preparedness and response guidance version 3. This who guidance document, pandemic influenza risk management pirm. Many new york city agencies would be involved in a pandemic response, particularly the office of emergency management, the health and hospitals corporation. A collection of federal, state, local, and university pandemic preparedness resources assembled by the american library association.
National pandemic influenza plans pandemic influenza flu cdc. The plan describes the unique challenges posed by a pandemic that may necessitate. Plan distribution dissemination of the uga pandemic influenza response plan will be coordinated by the office of emergency preparedness. This guidance is a complementary document supporting pandemic influenza. Idph will produce and distribute changes to holders of controlled copies of the illinois pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan. Key elements of departmental pandemic influenza plans the national strategy for pandemic influenza implementation plan requires federal departments and agencies to develop plans addressing 1 protection of employees, 2 maintenance of essential functions and services, 3 support for the federal response, and 4 communication with stakeholders about pandemic planning and response. National pandemic strategy pandemic influenza flu cdc.
Pandemic influenza preparedness and response world health. The ahmppi will continue to be updated as new clinical evidence is developed. These guidelines were edited by jum kanokporn coninx, keiji fukuda, hande harmanci, kidong park, mary chamberland, tamara curtin niemi, elisabeth isis pluut and claudia vivas of the global influenza programme in the health security and environment cluster of the world health organization. This guidance updates and replaces the pandemic influenza risk. Pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning. Public health emergencies samhsa substance abuse and. The who pandemic phases were developed in 1999 and revised in 2005. This document provides guidance and templates for humanitarian organizations to complete country preparedness and response plans to address the next influenza pandemic. An influenza pandemic is projected to have a global impact on morbidity and mortality, thus requiring a sustained, largescale response from the healthcare community. The who pandemic phases pandemic influenza preparedness.
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