I attended a pandemic preparedness planning workshop this week sponsored by my CT InfraGard branch. The attendees have been covering this beat for awhile, so the information exchange was at a fairly detailed level regarding what organizations are planning and struggling with in their efforts. I thought I’d share some of the information with you.
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The Harvard School of Public Health released the results of a survey they conducted in June/2009 regarding Americans’ views and concerns about the potential for a more severe outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) in the fall or winter.
Gartner always advises businesses to review their pandemic preparedness planning from the perspective of 40% absenteeism – some of [...]
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NEDRIX (NorthEast Disaster Recovery Information X-Change) completed a survey of its membership on May 5, 2009 regarding their organization’s response to the potential pandemic due to the H1N1 virus. 100 members completed the survey and it is interesting to see how these organizations have responded to date. The results published in the survey report are reassuring: most organizations [...]
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According to the World Health Organization, as of May 6th, 22 countries have reported 1516 “laboratory confirmed” cases of H1N1 infections in people, 31 of whom have died. Meanwhile, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that as of May 6, 2009 health authorities in 41 states have reported 642 cases of [...]
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There are many things that need to be developed and reviewed during the pandemic planning process, but the legal ramifications of pandemic response action steps is an area that many firms have not considered.
Some of the issues that need to be addressed include: the legality of asking employees for health status information, the liability concerns of administering medication, the impact on [...]
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