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Pandemic Flu Planning

Is your college developing strategies for coping with an avian flu outbreak? These resources will help get you started.

 Presentations and publications

• Preparing Your Campus For The Next Worldwide Crisis: A Flu Pandemic, presented by Larry Smith (Adobe PDF)       
• Before Crisis Hits: Building a Strategic Crisis Plan, by Larry Smith and Dan Millar 

 Resources and model emergency plans 

• Colleges and Universites Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed this checklist as a framework to assist colleges to develop and/or improve plans to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. Further information on pandemic influenza can be found at www.pandemicflu.gov.       
• The American Health Association (ACHA) has organized a special task force to deal with pandemic flu planning, led by the health center director at Carnegie Mellon. Download resources and model emergency plans developed by the ACHA.      
• Department of Education Emergency Planning: Pandemic Web site.     
• The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system has created a Web site of information and resources for colleges and universities.      
• Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association Pandemic Flu Resources - http://www.cshema.org/resource/pandemic0306.htm 

 Articles

• Spellings tells institutions to prepare for flu outbreak (Community College Times)

Has your college already developed a pandemic flu plan? Share it with us by emailing Tina Henry-Barrus.