Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

• Peggy Prinz Luebbert
• MS,MT(ASCP), CIC,CHSP
• pegsconcepts_at_hotmail.com

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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

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• Cnt hid frm thm aniwear

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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People
EPIDEMIC AWARENESS
Avian Influenza
Anthrax
Mad cow
Small pox
Monkey pox
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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

• Past flu pandemics..

1918 Spanish Flu A(H1N1) 20-40M Deaths 675,000
US Deaths
1957 Asian Flu A(H2N2) 1-4M Deaths 70,000 US
Deaths
1968 Hong Kong Flu A(H3N2) 1-4M Deaths 34,000
US Deaths
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Germs How do you get them?
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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

• INFLUENZA TYPES

• INFLUENZA A
• Many animal reservoirs
• Strains mutate
• Associated with pandemics
• Pandemics occur /20 years

• INFLUENZA B
• Human only reservoir
• Less mortality than A
• Associated with epidemics, not pandemics

• INFLUENZA C
• Not associated with epidemics
• Mild illness

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• INFLUENZA A
• SURFACE PROTEINS
• Hemagglutinin (H)
• Site of attachment to human cells
• Antibody to H is protective
• H1-H15
• Neuraminadase (N)
• Helps to release virions from cells
• Antibody modifies disease severity
• N1-N9

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• Avian Flu Human Infections

1918 H1N1
1957 H2N1
1968 H3N2
1997 H1N1
1999 H9N2
2003 H5N1
2003 H7N7
2004 H5N1
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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

• Survival of the Fittest Germ

Warmth
Moisture
Food
Body Fluids
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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

• Germs Be Gone!
• Clean..removes dirt, body fluids
• Sanitizers......remove some germs
• Disinfectants.remove most germs
• Sterilants.remove all germs

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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People

• Antiseptics
• Definition Chemicals formulated to kill germs
  on skin.
• Types
• Soaps
• Non-germicidal
• Germicidal
• Alcohol based Agents

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• The only thing more difficult than planning would
  be explaining why you did not do it!
• -- Marja Esveld
• Healthcare Inspectorate, The Netherlands

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Pandemic Planning for Companies and People