Preparing for a Pandemic
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Clarify
the chain of command.
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Review
state/local response plans.
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Provide
bio-awareness training to employees.
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Stockpile
medications.
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Pre-develop
communication and messaging strategies.
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Cross-train
personnel.
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Identify
alternative vendors.
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Implement
teleworking.
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Enhance
workplace sanitation.
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Update
vacation and sick-leave policies.
Ø
Update
emergency data for employees.
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Review
insurance policies.
Ø
Stockpile
food, water and medicine.
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Prepare
IT infrastructure for teleworking surge.
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Escalate
security.
MORE ONLINE INFO:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/pandemicflu/
www.boma.org/Advocacy/SafetyAndEmergencyPlanning/fluresources/
Written by Edward Hruneni and Evan Rosenfield,
published Buildings (July 2006), www.buildings.com