Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

Antiviral Dispensing Project | Nurse Triage Line Project | Staff Contacts

Tools and Resources for Influenza Preparedness

This page contains public health resources and tools for local health departments to use in preparing for and/or responding to influenza. To download the resource list in PDF format, click here.

Featured Report

Building and Sustaining Strong Partnerships between Pharmacies and Health Departments at State and Local Levels

This report encourages building public-private partnerships and offers actionable steps for pharmacists and public health professionals to begin laying the foundation of long-lasting, mutually beneficial partnerships. Pharmacies can be a valuable partner with health departments for distributing and dispensing critical medications or vaccines during a public health emergency. More »

»	Pandemic Planning
»	Public Education and Vulnerable Populations
»	Samples, Templates, and Exercises
»	Legal Preparedness Resources
»	Emergency Risk Communication
»	Federal Resources
»	NACCHO Policy Statements

Pandemic Planning

Texas A&M Health Science Center is offering planning sessions to assist municipalities in managing school closures due to a major public health emergency. These sessions are designed to improve the proficiency of school systems, administrators, and faculty.

Pandemic Influenza School Planning Toolkit
This toolkit was created to assist local public health departments in partnering with the schools within their jurisdictions for pandemic emergency preparedness planning.

Pandemic Flu Preparedness Resources for Business Engagement
These resources will describe the Public Health - Seattle and King County business engagement and outreach plan, provide tools for other local health jurisdictions, including sample letters, PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and provide resources for businesses.

Pandemic Flu Planning Guidance for MRC Units
This toolkit provides a broad range of pandemic influenza planning and response actions that can be adapted and used by MRC units nationwide.

Clinic Planning Model Generator
Software to create a Microsoft Excel workbook for POD planning.

Vaccine Allocation Model
A Microsoft Excel workbook that can determine how many persons in different target groups can receive treatment if the number of vaccinations available is limited.

Public Education and Vulnerable Populations

Home Care Guide: Providing Care at Home during Pandemic Flu
The Home Care Guide for Pandemic Flu can be used to help community members prepare at home to take care of sick family or household members.

Pandemic Influenza: Quarantine, Isolation and Social Distancing - Field Guide for Public Health
This field guide for pandemic influenza addresses human behavior as a consideration during planning efforts.

Samples, Templates, and Exercises

Sample Plan for Vaccination with Strain-Specific Influenza Vaccine during an Influenza Pandemic
This document offers an example of tiered priority groups for influenza vaccine in the event of a pandemic when resources will likely be scarce.

Sample Plans for the Use of Antivirals during a Pandemic
This document provides two plans for the use of antivirals during a pandemic: one for a situation prior to the availability of vaccine and one once a vaccine has been developed.

Legal Preparedness Resources

Public Health and the Law: An Emergency Preparedness Toolkit (NACCHO)
This toolkit is designed to prepare public health practitioners, their legal counsel, and other partners to understand and effectively address the changes in the legal environment that occur as a result of an emergency. The kit includes a locally-customizable PowerPoint curriculum and exercise, instructor's manual, training component summaries, and training videos.

CDC Public Health Law Program: Emergency Preparedness Resources (CDC)
The Public Health Emergency Preparedness Clearinghouse is a central repository for emergency preparedness-related statutes, regulations, orders, reports, and legal tools. The Clearinghouse is intended to aid jurisdictions considering updates and clarifications to their public health emergency legal preparedness activities.

For more resources, visit NACCHO's Public Health Preparedness Law Web page.

Emergency Risk Communication

Risk Communication and Public Education Tool Kit
The Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) training program draws from lessons learned during public health emergencies, and incorporates best practices from the fields of risk communication. With this comprehensive training program, CDC has moved forward in meeting the needs of partners and stakeholders in preparing for, responding to and recovering from the threat of bioterrorism, emergent diseases, and other hazards.

Speak First: Communicating Effectively in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty
A proven, practical training for building the skills to delivering first messages in the early hours of a crisis.

Federal Resources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Pandemicflu.gov Web Site

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: National Library of Medicine, Swine Flu Resources
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Web site provides numerous links to sources of information on U.S. federal and international response; guidance documents for professionals; maps, news feeds, and social media; information and literature (including full-text books); and information in Spanish.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
This Web site provides guidance on preparing workplaces for an influenza pandemic.

NACCHO Policy Statements

Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Procurement and Distribution

Stockpiling and Distribution of Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza

Local Health All-Hazards Preparedness