PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BRIEFING TOWN HALL MEETING

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BRIEFING TOWN HALL MEETING

• D.C. Department of Health
• Emergency Health
• and Medical Services Administration

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• OVERVIEW
• Definitions of Key Terms
• A Historical Perspective
• Reason for Concern
• Pan Flu Planning
• Resources

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Seasonal Flu
• Viral Respiratory Illness
• Contagious, spread by droplets
• Predictable occurrence
• Vaccine available
• 36,000 deaths annually in U.S.

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• AVIAN INFLUENZA/BIRD FLU
• Influenza virus in wild birds
• May not cause illness in birds
• Current virus H5N1
• Limited transmission to humans

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Pandemic Influenza
• Global outbreak of influenza
• New influenza virus emerges
• Little/no natural immunity-spreads easily
• No vaccine immediately available

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Isolation
• Separation of persons who sick from those who are
  not to limit person to person spread of a
  specific infectious disease
• May be voluntary or involuntary

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Quarantine
• Separation and/or movement restriction of persons
  who have been exposed to an infectious agent and
  may become infectious
• Useful in earliest phase of pandemic outbreak
• May be voluntary or involuntary

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Spanish Flu-1918
• Swine related
• 500,000 deaths in U.S.
• 40,000,000 deaths globally

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• How does influenza spread?
• Spread by droplets
• Spread by contact with droplets
• 1-4 days incubation
• Contagious from day 4 to day 7

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Asian Flu -1957
• Avian related
• 70,000 deaths in U.S.
• 1-2,000,000 deaths globally

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Hong Kong Flu -1968
• Avian related
• 34,000 deaths in U.S.
• 700,000 deaths globally

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• WHY ARE WE CONCERNED?
• Up to 200 million may be infected
• 40 -100 million clinically ill
• 18 - 45 million -outpatient care
• 300,000 -800,000 hospitalized
• 88,000 - 300,000 deaths

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• WHY ARE WE CONCERNED?
• Overwhelm healthcare system
• Acute worker shortage
• No immediate vaccine
• Entire country affected
• Long duration
• Extraordinary control efforts

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• The Reason for Planning

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• National Planning
• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
• Preparedness and Communication
• Surveillance and Detection
• Response and Containment

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Regional Planning
• Council of Governments
• Health Officers Committee
• Biohazard Emergency Planners
• Isolation and Quarantine Work Group
• Public Information Work Group

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• District Planning
• All Hazards Approach
• District Response Plan
• Department of Health
• Pandemic Influenza Plan
• Stockpile of critical resources drugs
• Antiviral Medications
• Public education
• Community Preparedness

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• What can you do?
• Individual preparedness
• Educate self, family, friends
• Develop and practice family plan
• Prepare homes to shelter-in-place for 5-7days
• Look out for neighbors

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Corporate Preparedness
• Educate all employees
• Prepare to shelter-in-place
• Develop COOP
• Encourage good office hygiene
• Allow sick employees to stay home
• Prepare to screen in-coming staff
• Keep informed

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• Planning/Preparedness Resources
• dcema.dc.gov
• doh.dc.gov
• cdc.gov
• Pandemicflu.gov
• who.int/en/

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• District of Columbia Department of Health
• Emergency Health and Medical Services
  Administration
• 64 New York Avenue, NW
• Washington DC 20002
• [phone]
• Call Center - [phone]

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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

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