Why Prepare?

1) Safeguard the health and well being of students, faculty
    and staff
2) Empower the community to maintain a sustained level
    of preparedness
3) Develop a culture of personal and social responsibility
4) Sustain continuity of education
5) Create a systematic and structured response

What can do?

Prepare

• Establish a Pandemic Influenza Planning Team
• Establish a Continuity of Education Plan
• Encourage faculty, staff, students and parents to practice good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene
• Encourage faculty, staff, students and parents to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza annually
• Get involved with local planning groups

Respond

• Implement Continuity of Education Plan
• Continue good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene practices
• Encourage your family members to stay home when sick
• Report cases to public health officials
• Monitor information sources and health alerts

Recover

• Continue to monitor health alerts for updates
• Return to “new” normal
• Re-establish Operations

Preparedness Tools

School Planning WorkbooK
(PDF)

Home Health Care for
Pandemic Flu (PDF)

Preparedness Card
(PDF)

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