APHIS Roles and Responsibilities

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APHIS Roles and Responsibilities

• J. Fraser Owens, DVM
• Senior Staff Veterinarian
• National Center for Animal Health
• Emergency Management
• Riverdale, MD

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Prevention/Preparedness

• Domestically
• prevention and control of LPAI in commercial
  poultry and the LBMS
• increased surveillance of wild birds for HPAI
  strains
• Internationally
• collaboration with USAID, FAS, DHHS
• in-country training and capacity building in
  affected countries

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Response Framework

• National Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
  Response Plan
• Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA)
• National Animal Health Emergency Management
  System
• Summary of the National Highly Pathogenic Avian
  Influenza Response Plan (http//www.aphis.usda.gov
  /)
• National Response Plan
• Incident of National Significance
• APHIS is Lead Agency

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Specific Roles

• NCAHEM
• NCIE
• NVSL and NAHLN
• Local APHIS Resources
• National Incident Management Teams

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APHIS PPE Approach

• J. Fraser Owens, DVM
• Senior Staff Veterinarian
• National Center for Animal Health
• Emergency Management
• Riverdale, MD

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APHIS PPE Goal

• All APHIS employees who may have potential or
  direct exposure to farmed or wild birds are
  prepared to safely and appropriately respond to
  an H5N1 outbreak.

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APHIS Preparedness Objectives

• OBJECTIVE 1 - All specified employees must be
  medically cleared, fit-tested, and trained in the
  use of PPE, before potential exposure to infected
  poultry and wild birds or other animals.
• OBJECTIVE 2 - Specified employees must know
  what personal protective equipment to have
  on-hand and where to get it.
• OBJECTIVE 3 In the event of an outbreak, APHIS
  will have adequate PPE supplies in stock and
  ready to deliver to outbreak sites.

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Objective 1 Team Preparedness

• Occupational Medical Monitoring Program (OMMP)
• Medical Clearance
• current seasons influenza vaccine
• includes prescription for Tamiflu
• Quantitative (versus Qualitative) Fit Test
• TSI PortaCount
• Training
• APHIS Industrial Hygienist (Pete Petch)

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Objective 2 Individual Preparedness

• What to have
• How much on-hand inventory kept by
• Foreign Animal Disease Diagnosticians (FADDs)
• Area Offices
• Wildlife Services Biologists
• Wildlife Services State Offices
• Recommended vendors

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Objective 3 J-I-T Logistics

• National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS)
• Push Packs
• These include PPE items for 10 people x 10 days
• 5 changes per day
• PAPRs
• PPE Kits, Individual Issue
• 270 K units (1500 people x 40 days)
• N-95 respirators