Planning For A Flu Pandemic

Our mission is to help companies and public sector organisations cope with avian flu and plan for the threatened flu pandemic. Our goal is to ensure the effects on organisations and their people are minimised.

Bird flu alone will have a significant impact on many companies, especially those in the poultry industry, but a flu pandemic could cripple the country and bring many companies to their knees.

The World Health Organisation has already warned that a flu pandemic is both inevitable and imminent.

According to official sources, a flu pandemic could affect up to 25% of the workforce and threaten all of our essential services including hospitals, water and power supplies, telephone services, food distribution and retailing. 

How would your organisation survive if 25% of your people came down with pandemic flu?

Fortunately there should be time to plan but the clock is ticking. There are lots of actions you can take to minimise the effect of a pandemic on your business or organisation.

As an employer, you will have a key role to play in protecting the health of your people as well as limiting the impact of the outbreak on your organisation and the economy.

Planning for an outbreak should start now. You need to be prepared.

It is important to demonstrate to your employees in this country and overseas that their welfare is at the forefront of your thinking.

The Pandemic Flu Centre can help you with all aspects of planning, training, implementing and communicating. We can help you reduce the risks and minimise the impact of a pandemic on your organisation and your people. We can –

• Carry out a pandemic flu risk audit on your organisation and your people.
• Help you identify a pandemic co-ordinator.
• Help you get a planning team in place.
• Help you put an emergency plan in place.
• Establish policies to be implemented should a flu pandemic strike.
• Provide your team with the training it requires.
• Put a suite of informative material in place.
• Improve hygiene practices.
• Provide you with up-to-the minute relevant information.
• Educate and inform your employees before and during a pandemic.
• Deliver an emergency communications plan.
• Implement an exercise/drill to test your plan.
  
• Help you allocate resources, including vaccines and medication, to protect your employees during a flu pandemic.

It is important not to be misled by scare stories in the press and media about bird flu, however, businesses and individuals must have access to the latest advice and information.

We can help you distinguish between fact and fiction. We can facilitate the gathering and dissemination of valuable information and we can help you prepare for the future should an influenza pandemic develop.

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