Emerging Infectious Diseases/Pandemic Flu - List of Pandemic Preparation/Response Procedures
Does your school have the following pandemic preparation/response procedures in place?
- Updated sources on disease prevention and control available for students, teachers and staff.
- Crisis Response Plan designating responsibilities during an epidemic for Crisis Response Team, administration, teachers, staff, students and parents.
- Pandemic-specific communications to home and family regarding plans and preparations already in place.
- Communications plan (including identification of key contacts, with back-ups, as well as a chain of communications and process for tracking and communicating student, teacher and staff member health status).
- Stockpiling of appropriate school materials.
Screening procedures (refer to Center for Disease Control for the avian or swine flu as well as school closure, the World Health Organization for the avian or swine flu, or the official U.S. Government web site for information on pandemics).
School closure procedures (and evacuation procedures if appropriate).
Virtual School/Distance Learning plan in place.
Procedures for updating emergency response plans.
Legal counsel/insurance/American Embassy R.S.O. contact information.
Death in the school community procedure.
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