Pandemic Influenza

WRPPHP's Pandemic Influenza Resource Center

General Resources

• Wisconsin's Pandemic Flu Resource

• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Practice.  Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools

• The 5th Guy Campaign

• Pandemicflu.gov.  One stop access to H1N1, avian, and pandemic information.

  • Families & Individuals

  • Workplace

  • Schools

  • Community

  • Health Care

  • State & Local

  • Checklists

• World Health Organization

Additional Individual and Family Resources

• Interim Public Health Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Non-Occupational Community Settings during an Influenza Pandemic

Additional Work Setting Resources

• U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Agency Guidance - Human Capital Management Policy for a Pandemic Influenza

• King County Pandemic Influenza Emergency Response Manual - Human Resources Division

• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic  (PDF - 313 KB)

• OSHA releases Draft Proposed Guidance on Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza

• Flu Vaccine Business Practice Initiatives

Additional School Resources 

Department of Public Instruction (DPI) website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/panfluoutbreak.html 

US Offers Schools Advice on Teaching Kids Kept Home by Flu;

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/

content/influenza/swineflu/news/aug2509learning-jw.html

Management Section of DPI website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/panfluoutbreak.html

Additional Health Professional Resources

• Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers

• Interim Guidance on Planning for the Use of Surgical Masks and Respirators in Health Care Settings during an Influenza Pandemic

• CDC Pandemic Influenza Information for Health Professionals

• EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption

• A Pharmacist's Guide to Pandemic Preparedness

You can now access information on available flu clinics in your community by searching the 2-1-1 Wisconsin flu clinic finder. You can search by zip code for either seasonal or H1N1 flu clinics nearest you.  This information is available from 2-1-1 Wisconsin with generous support from our partners including: United Way, community foundations, hospitals, local government and the State of Wisconsin Division of Public Health.  We are constantly updating our information.  If you are planning a flu clinic and your clinic is not included in our directory, please submit your flu clinic information through the same site.

Home Care Resources

• Home Health Care Services Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist

Planning Tools

• FluAid: provides a range of estimates of impact in terms of deaths, hospitalizations, and outpatients visits due to pandemic influenza.
• FluSurge: estimates the number of hospitalizations and deaths of an influenza pandemic (whose length and virulence are determined by the user) and compares the number of persons hospitalized, the number of persons requiring ICU care, and the number of persons requiring ventilator support during a pandemic with existing hospital capacity.
• FluWorkLoss: estimates the potential number of days lost from work due to an influenza pandemic.