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12 POINT PLANNING ROADMAP
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- Assessment
- Define a Planning Model
- Devise a Concept of Operations
- Construct Operational Plan
- Consider Variations
- Vet the Plan
- Train to the Plan
- Exercise
- Convene Public Input
- Revise the Plan
- Vet the Final Plan
- Address Sustainability
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Isolation & Quarantine
Planning Process & Plan Development
This section of the Toolkit provides a descriptive look at the process that is required for developing an I & Q plan. It highlights essential considerations as well as strategies for implementing the planning process. The Tools & Samples section offers documents that can guide in the development of your own plan.
UNDERSTANDING THE NEED
There is a tremendous need for all health jurisdictions to develop a calculated and collaborative response plan for an event that would require a large-scale isolation and quarantine. Developing and practicing a community based plan should produce a coordinated and efficient response that could significantly minimize sickness and death in a serious outbreak.
Any plan for isolation and quarantine is built around a core set of principles, beliefs and parameters to guide the work. Rather than reinvent, we turned to the work of NACCHO's Bioterrorism Isolation and Quarantine subgroup, as well as to CDC guidance. These principals are a wise starting point but keep in mind that local plans must also be responsive to local and state laws and administrative codes.
Assessing what are the most likely threats can only be determined locally. Relevant diseases for I & Q are those transmissible from person to person and legally defendable, i.e. on the Federal list of quarantine diseases. These are diseases that pose a significant threat to public health. Toxin mediated disease, such as anthrax, botulism, or agents such as tularemia, would not involve I & Q, even with widespread community involvement.
PUBLIC HEALTH AS FIRST RESPONDERS
Along with police, fire and emergency medical responders, Public Health professionals are on the front lines of response during an emergency or disaster. The role of Public Health in an emergency is an extension of its general mission of promoting health and preventing disease to include core competencies of emergency response.
In a large-scale, bioterrorism event or disease outbreak, essential functions of Public Health must be maintained. For a successful public health response, a paradigm shift in the Public Health agency culture and embracing preparedness work as "core" to job functions may be necessary. Learn more about Public Health Paradigm Shift.
Public Health agencies are vested with the legal authority to isolate or quarantine people for the good of public health. This stretches Public Health's responsibility beyond its core competencies and resources, requiring Public Health to depend on community partners to do what they do best in coordinating the emergency response and comprehensively caring for those who are confined.
Planning Process & Plan Development
This section of the Toolkit provides a descriptive look at the process that is required for developing an I & Q plan. It highlights essential considerations as well as strategies for implementing the planning process. The Tools & Samples section offers documents that can guide in the development of your own plan.
UNDERSTANDING THE NEED
There is a tremendous need for all health jurisdictions to develop a calculated and collaborative response plan for an event that would require a large-scale isolation and quarantine. Developing and practicing a community based plan should produce a coordinated and efficient response that could significantly minimize sickness and death in a serious outbreak.
Any plan for isolation and quarantine is built around a core set of principles, beliefs and parameters to guide the work. Rather than reinvent, we turned to the work of NACCHO's Bioterrorism Isolation and Quarantine subgroup, as well as to CDC guidance. These principals are a wise starting point but keep in mind that local plans must also be responsive to local and state laws and administrative codes.
Assessing what are the most likely threats can only be determined locally. Relevant diseases for I & Q are those transmissible from person to person and legally defendable, i.e. on the Federal list of quarantine diseases. These are diseases that pose a significant threat to public health. Toxin mediated disease, such as anthrax, botulism, or agents such as tularemia, would not involve I & Q, even with widespread community involvement.
PUBLIC HEALTH AS FIRST RESPONDERS
Along with police, fire and emergency medical responders, Public Health professionals are on the front lines of response during an emergency or disaster. The role of Public Health in an emergency is an extension of its general mission of promoting health and preventing disease to include core competencies of emergency response.
In a large-scale, bioterrorism event or disease outbreak, essential functions of Public Health must be maintained. For a successful public health response, a paradigm shift in the Public Health agency culture and embracing preparedness work as "core" to job functions may be necessary. Learn more about Public Health Paradigm Shift.
Public Health agencies are vested with the legal authority to isolate or quarantine people for the good of public health. This stretches Public Health's responsibility beyond its core competencies and resources, requiring Public Health to depend on community partners to do what they do best in coordinating the emergency response and comprehensively caring for those who are confined.
