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Title: Infectious Disease Emergency Planning


1
Infectious Disease Emergency Planning Lessons
Learned
  • March 2003
  • Donna Lazorik, MS, RN
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health

2
351 local health departments
3
Infectious Disease Emergency Planning -
Assumptions
  • Most of the impact and most of the response will
    be local
  • Integrated, non-categorical approach is best

4
What is an infectious disease emergency?
  • Influenza Pandemic
  • Bioterrorism
  • Hepatitis A in a food handler
  • N. meningitidis in a school
  • Something we havent thought of

5
Infectious Disease Emergency Planning - Goals
  • Ability to respond to any infectious disease
    emergency
  • Enhanced public health infrastructure

6
Infectious Disease EmergenciesEffective Response
  • Established relationships
  • Clear roles
  • Clear lines of authority
  • Clear lines of communication
  • Preferably in writing

7
Infectious Disease EmergenciesEffective Response
  • Coordinated communication
  • Facilitate response
  • Minimize panic

8
Infectious Disease EmergenciesEffective Response
  • Effective surveillance
  • Ability to rapidly detect an infectious disease
    emergency

9
Infectious Disease EmergenciesEffective Response
  • Flexible surge capacity
  • Hospitals
  • Workforce
  • Communication systems

10
Infectious Disease EmergenciesEffective Response
  • Educated public and responders
  • Effective response
  • Minimize panic

11
Infectious Disease EmergenciesEffective Response
  • Regionalization
  • Shared resources
  • Shared expertise

12
Local Infectious Disease Emergency Planning
Bioterrroism
Nuclear
Pandemic
Hep A Meninge Measles
Chem
Natural
Man made
13
Local Infectious Disease Emergency Planning
  • Template for Local Planning for
  • Infectious Disease Emergencies
  • Infectious Disease Emergency
  • Tabletop

14
Initiatives to Enhance Immunization Program and
Prepare for Emergencies
  • Enhance surveillance for flu and rash illness
  • Full-time influenza epidemiologist
  • Full-time rash illness epidemiologist

15
Initiatives to Enhance Immunization Program and
Prepare for Emergencies
  • Develop Cadre of Trained Volunteers
  • Assist with administration of vaccine
  • Staff hotlines
  • Met needs of people in their homes

16
Initiatives to Enhance Immunization Program and
Prepare for Emergencies
  • Outreach to special populations
  • Non-English speaking
  • Ethnic communities
  • Homeless and homebound
  • People with disabilities

17
Important Elements in Local Infectious Disease
Emergency Planning
  • Strong relationships with emergency response,
    public safety and medical folks
  • Clear and mutual understanding of everyones role

18
Important Elements in Local Infectious Disease
Emergency Planning
  • Contingency plans for high absenteeism
  • Cadre of trained volunteers
  • Plan for emergency vaccination/medication clinics

19
What to look out for in emergency planning
  • Assumption that everyone is on the same page
  • Different terms and concepts among different
    disciplines
  • Too many spokesmen

20
Infectious Disease Emergency Planning - Benefits
  • Increased resources
  • Educated workforce
  • Effective response in an
  • emergency

21
Infectious Disease Emergency Planning - Benefits
  • People talking to each other
  • Its not the plan,
  • its the planning

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