Is your company at risk for Avian Flu?
Read this article by Dr. Wendy Haines:
Should My Business Worry About Avian Flu?
Biohazard Emergency Planning – Bird Flu
We have a full-time Toxicologist to help develop strategies and resources in the event of pandemic influenza. OMNI can provide assistance in 3 areas: Pre-Pandemic Risk Prevention Planning, Training, and Implementation.
- Assist with plan development
- Assembly of risk management team
- Employee travel policy
- Handling of all shipments
- Monitoring of employee health
- Identify risk groups
- Identify key management strategies
- Provide training and technical expertise
- Train employees to identify early warning symptoms of flu
- Identify and train section leaders
- Review existing procedures and facilities
- Assist with outbreak preparation and implementation strategies
- Implement communication strategy
- Continual monitoring of employee health
- Implement containment strategy
- Revise Business Continuity Plan for a Pandemic
Resources
OMNI Brochures:
Bird Flu Brochure
Links
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization
Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
Pandemic/Avian Flu Planning Information and Tools
News:
Baltimore Researchers Testing Bird Flu Vaccine
University of Maryland Medical Center - Testing Avian Flu Vaccine
Avian Flu: More Hospital Beds, Fewer 'Ridiculous' Ideas Needed
Bird Flu will Reach U.S. and Canada this Fall, Experts Predict |
