Community PanFlu Planning: Faith-Based/Community-Based Organizations

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Community PanFlu Planning Faith-Based/Communit
y-Based Organizations
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Objectives

• Review PanFlu Planning Checklist
• Facilitate development of your Internal Disaster
  Plan
• Planning and Coordination
• Organizational Operations
• Infection Control
• Communications

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Pandemic Flu Checklist

• Specific to each organization
• Used in conjunction with guidance from HHS
  Pandemic Influenza Plan
• Can be adapted to meet unique needs of each
  organization

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Establishing a Planning Structure

• PanFlu Committee
• PanFlu Coordinator
• Point of Contact
• Written Plan

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Continuity of Operations

• Develop alternative procedures for
  worship/operations in event of social distancing
  
• Telephone trees (prayer chains)
• Small groups
• Develop plan for essential office functions
• Payroll
• Cross-training of staff/volunteers
• Ongoing communication with clients, families, and
  staff

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Infection Control

• Educate staff, congregations and families on how
  to limit spread of infection
• Implement infection control policies and
  procedures
• Provide sufficient infection prevention supplies
  
• Establish sick leave policies (strictly excluding
  the sick until at least one week from onset of
  symptoms)
• Encourage staff and others to get annual
  influenza vaccine

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Communications Planning

• Assess readiness to meet communication plans
• Develop a process in which to communicate with
  staff, clients, and families
• Develop and test communication platforms (phone
  trees, hotlines, websites, media)
• Email
• Develop alternative communication systems-layered
  mechanisms

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Communication Planning

• Advise staff, clients, and families where to
  locate up-to-date and reliable pandemic info
  
• Disseminate pandemic plan and infection control
  info
• Keep staff, clients, and families contact info
  current
• Develop and maintain contact info of key public
  health stakeholders

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Attending Other Meetings

• Business Meeting June 13, 730 am- Auditorium
• Internal Disaster/Continuity of Operations
  planning
• Occupational Health planning

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WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• Volunteer Support (if needed)
• Information on Services

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Questions?