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