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• August 11, 2016

Warning! Exposure Could be Hazardous. Is Your Pandemic PlanCurrent?

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Background: MICROTERRORISM

“Traditional Pandemic Plans”

• Had focus on influenza (need pic of flu)• Were first written more than a decade ago• Are rarely, if ever, exercised• Have not been updated to reflect:• Change in personnel• Change in titles/roles• New phone numbers/extensions• Inclusion of new locations• Pathogens that do not “fit into the box”

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Present Day Challenges

• Ebola!! (pic of Ebola)• Global Event despite localized

• Impacted travel to and from WestAfrica• Impacted business continuity• Most Pandemic Plans were notadaptable to a regional event withglobal impact

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Zika Virus

Near Global Involvement

• Limitations on travel• Concern with the unknown• Impact on affected locations• Impact on unaffected

locations• Legal considerations

• Liability

• Duty-of-Care

• Coverage

Implications Beyond Individual Health

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Image from US Center for Disease Control

Pandemic Plans CanBe Flexible and Adaptable to AllHealth Threats

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Methodology

Step 1

• Ensure yourcore plan isup-to-datewithpersonnel,phonecontacts, titles andlocations

• Involve allstakeholders on aCrisis or RiskCommittee:

• Risk Managers

• Industrial Hygiene

• Travel

• Human Resources

• Legal

• Finance

• Medical (Outsource if you need to)

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Step 2

• Review the existing plan• Review the current threat/risk for each location and each

operation• Identify gaps and relevant parts of the plan• Do this early on! Prevention and mitigation strategies are

critical in containing disease• Identify potential outcomes – worst case scenarios• Involve Public Stakeholders – Emergency Response, Disaster

Aid Groups, Government Leaders

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Step 3

Communicate

• Develop Internal Communications on Plan of Action

• Develop External Communications

• Keep Abreast of Changes in Situation

• Involve Employees; Let Them Know What to Expect from Leadership

Action

• Instruction on prevention and mitigation

• Drills or Exercises• Reduces anxiety

• Ensures protocols

• Uncovers gaps

• Appoint “Health Stewards” to monitor plans are adhered to

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Step 4• Thorough After Action Report by Crisis/Risk Committee• Assessment of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and

Threats (SWOT)• Path Forward – Incorporate Flexible Successes and Solutions

Into Infectious Disease Plan• Exercise New Protocol• Consider Operational Environment

• Culture

• Resources

• Function

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How do Infectious Disease Plans (Pandemic) AffectBusiness Resiliency?

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Discussion

Business Consequences of Disease Outbreaks

Need infographic

• SARS cost Asian Airlines close to USD 6 billion in 2003

• Kenya Airways reported USD 140 million loss from Jan. to Sept. 2014 from Ebola fear

• Ethiopian Airways reported USD 8 million loss per month in Nov. 2014 from Ebola concerns

Graphic

• Zika is expecting to impact Brazilian economy; Olympics and beyond

• Caribbean/Latin America tourism down 3% in 2016 from Zika and the US may be impacted since its discovery in South Florida

• Seasonal Influenza costs US businesses average USD 200 million per year

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Pandemic PlanTemplates andShaping Tools

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Resources

Templates

• https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/93250(FEMA Pandemic Influenza Template)

• www.sfcdcp.org/document.html?id=260 (San Francisco Department of Public Health Pandemic Influenza Business Continuity Guide and Template)

•http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/influenza/FluCheck6web.pdf (Very Clinically Oriented)

• http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/nml-pndmc-nflnz/index-eng.aspx (North American Plan for Animal And Pandemic Influenza)

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Resources for Shaping Plans

International Examples

• https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/m

oh_web/home/diseases_and_conditi

ons/pandemic-preparedness.html

Singapore Plan and Guidance

• https://www.health.gov.au/internet/

main/publishing.nsf/Content/519F93

92797E2DDCCA257D47001B9948/$F

ile/AHMPPI.pdf Australian Guidance

for Pandemic Influenza

Disease Other Than Flu

• http://www.ccohs.ca/pandemic/pdf/Business_continuity.pdf Canada’s Infectious Disease Plan

• https://www.osha.gov/Publications/influenza_pandemic.html Information can be adopted for other contagious disease outbreaks

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