Planning and Preparedness: Guidance Documents and Toolkits
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| 10 Steps You Can Take: Actions for Novel H1N1 Influenza Planning and Response for Medical Offices and Outpatient Facilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Anticipating medical offices/outpatient facilities will experience significant increases in demand for services in Fall 2009; web page provides guidance to prepare. |
| CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers To Plan and Respond to the 2009-2010 Influenza Season
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Guidance educates employers about strategies to decrease the spread of seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu in the workplace. Guidance will be updated as needed. |
| CDC Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials and School Administrators for School (K-12) Responses to Influenza during the 2009-2010 School Year
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Guidance provides tools and recommends actions to decrease the spread of flu among students and school staff in the 2009-2010 school year. | Community Pan-Flu Preparedness: A Checklist of Key Legal Issues for Healthcare Providers American Health Lawyers Association |
Guide for pandemic influenza preparedness developed from a May 2008 public-interest dialogue session convened by AHLA with HHS and the CDC is designed to assist providers along the continuum of care. |
| Emergency Preparedness Response & Recovery Checklist: Beyond the Emergency Management Plan American Health Lawyers Association |
Guidance identifies legal/operational issues healthcare providers are likely to face during public health emergencies and sets forth strategies to plan accordingly. |
| Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Based upon traditional infection control and industrial hygiene practices, guidance assists public/ private sector employers to better prepare for influenza pandemic. |
| Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Collaboratively developed, provides guidance on planning for/responding to a mass casualty event and includes an influenza pandemic case study (Chapter 8). |
| Pandemic Flu: Lessons from the Frontlines
Trust for America's Health, the Center for Biosecurity, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
Report analyzes the initial U.S. response to H1N1, offers lessons learned and identifies core areas that must be addressed to effectively respond to a pan flu event. |
| Pandemic Flu- Take the Lead Working Together to Prepare Now: Community Leaders Toolkit
US Department of Health and Human Services |
Designed with input from community leaders, toolkit provides information/tools to help organizations and workers understand and prepare for a pandemic event. |
| Pandemic Influenza Business Planning Toolkit
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Citizens |
Toolkit with downloadable forms provides planning guidance for businesses to respond to pandemic influenza throughout the event phases. |
| Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Guidance helps healthcare workers/employers prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic to mitigate the effects on the healthcare community. |
| Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Guide for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
Guide assists the private sector business community in preparing for pandemic by complementing private sector contingency planning already in place. |
| Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: A Guide to Planning for Business Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services |
Guide helps businesses to identify a variety of issues to consider, to learn the key elements of a flu pandemic business plan, and to chart a course of action in order to better prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. |
| Preparing for the Flu (Including 2009 H1N1 Flu): A Communication Toolkit for Schools (Grades K-12) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Toolkit provides resources for school administrators to use to implement CDC's recommended responses to influenza during the 2009-2010 school year. |
| WHO Checklist for Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Planning World Health Organization |
Provides step-by-step guidance to countries in preparing for an influenza pandemic; can help to inform/guide other entities' preparedness activities. |