Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan (pdf)

Pandemic Influenza Information for Businesses

• Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Toolkit for Businesses (pdf)
• Pandemic Influenza Phases and Strategic Actions for Businesses (pdf)
• Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist for Businesses (pdf)
• National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH)

Pandemic Influenza Information for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Planning Guidance

• Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Healthcare Institutions, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, September 2007
  The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) convened a group of hospital-based professionals from the Philadelphia metropolitan area to participate in the development of consensus-based specific pandemic influenza guidelines for acute healthcare institutions in the Philadelphia region.  Three focused work groups met over a year to address a range of complex planning topics pertaining to hospitals including supply needs and staffing shortages, identification and control of illness among staff and patients, the use of antiviral medications and other pharmaceuticals, as well as planning for altered standards of care.  The outcome of this process was this document, which is based on the healthcare planning guidance proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services for pandemic preparedness in November 2005.  The planning recommendations in this guidance represent consensus-based approaches to pandemic preparedness from experts in hospital epidemiology and infectious diseases, hospital safety and disaster preparedness, emergency medicine, infection control, medical ethics, facility management, and public health.  They are suggestions to supplement hospital emergency response plans for infectious disease emergencies. 
  
• OSHA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers 
  Strategies to maintain worker safety specific to the healthcare sector.
  
• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic
  OSHA guidance outlines transmission-risk areas of the work environment based on proximity to and activities of pandemic influenza patients and the general population.

Checklists for Planning
The Department of Health and Human Services has also developed checklists to guide pandemic planning in a range of healthcare facilities and agencies.  For your convenience, these are provided here.  Additional information is available at www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/healthcare.

• Hospital Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
  Specific steps for hospitals to help prepare for a pandemic.
  
• Home Health Care Services Checklist
  Specific steps that home health care service providers can take now to prepare for a pandemic.
  
• Medical Offices and Clinics Checklist
  Specific steps that medical offices and clinics, including outpatient care clinics, can take prepare for a pandemic.
  
• Emergency Medical Services and Non-Emergent (Medical) Transport Organizations Pandemic Influenza Planning
  EMS and medical transport organizations can use this checklist to help prepare for a pandemic.
  
• Long-Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Pandemic Influenza Planning
  The checklist identifies key areas: a structure for planning and decision-making, and a written plan with subplans.
  
• Health Insurer Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
  Planning is organized according to business-related, employee-related, and communications-related activities.

Educational Materials

• Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Poster
  A CDC designed poster with instructions in both English and Spanish on how to correctly don and doff personal protective equipment (PPE) in the healthcare setting.
  
• Emergency Medical Services and Non-Emergent (Medical) Transport Organizations
  Specific steps for EMS and medical transport organizations to help prepare for a pandemic.
  
• Long-Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Pandemic Influenza Planning
  The checklist identifies key areas, a structure for planning and decision-making, and a written plan with sub-plans.
  
• Health Insurer Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
  Specific steps are organized according to business-related, employee-related, and communications-related activities.