University Emergency 911. Pandemic Planning National Campus Safety Summit Las Vegas, Nevada February 23, 2015

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1 University Emergency 911 Pandemic Planning 2015 National Campus Safety Summit Las Vegas, Nevada February 23,

2 Welcome & Introduction John A. Troccoe Emergency Management Consultant Office of Emergency Management University of San Francisco Department of Public Safety Direct: Office: & Principal of: 2

3 Agenda & Learning Objectives Purpose To enable colleges and universities to be prepared to manage and respond to an influenza pandemic. Discuss the importance of planning and how to get started. Describe specific areas that should be included in planning. Meeting the health and safety needs of staff & students. Addressing planning issues for the campus-wide response. 3

4 Agenda & Learning Objectives Objectives A Pandemic Plan outlining the structure and management of the plan will be covered. It will focus on a discussion of six scenario stages (from Pre-event planning, to evidence of increased local human-to-human transmission, to efficient and sustained local human-to-human transmission, and to recovery and subsequent waves). A staffing shortage planning tool will be reviewed that will enable each university s school and department to assess their critical operations and decide what actions to take as staff availability declines due to a pandemic. And finally, the discussion will briefly cover public health emergencies involving the opening of a Points of Dispensing (POD) site on the campus, in conjunction with local Public Health Departments. 4

5 Why Plan? Business Continuity Plan? Emergency Plan? Pandemic Plan Staffing Shortage Plan Linked? How? 5

6 Why a Pandemic Plan? More effective response to any public health emergency. Pandemics are a part of human history. There will be little time to act once the event starts. 6

7 Seasonal vs Pandemic Flu Seasonal influenza Pandemic influenza Peaks usually December thru March in North America. 36,000 deaths/200,000 hospitalizations/yr. Frail, elderly and very young U shaped distribution. Rapid, global spread among humans, No seasonal preference. Comes in waves. Total duration a year or more. Potential millions of deaths. 7

8 Pandemic Threat Through History Five in the past century. Twelve recorded over past 300 years: Range between events 1049 years, average 24. No predictable pattern reassortment event reassortment event mutation event with markers similar to those found in birds. 8

9 Pandemics Over the past 100 years 9

10 Pandemic Planning 10

11 Ebola fast facts According to the World Health Organization, "there is no specific treatment or vaccine," and the fatality rate can be up to 90%. First identified in Africa in Named after the Ebola River (where the virus was first recognized) in 1976 (CDC). Ebola is extremely infectious but not extremely contagious. It is infectious, because an infinitesimally small amount can cause illness. Instead, Ebola could be considered moderately contagious, because the virus is not transmitted through the air. (Most contagious diseases, such as measles or influenza, virus particles are airborne.) Humans can be infected by other humans if they come in contact with bodily fluids from an infected person or a contaminated object from an infected person. Most likely natural hosts are fruit bats. Typically, symptoms appear 8-10 days after exposure to the virus, but the incubation period can span two to 21 days. Ebola is not transmissible if someone is asymptomatic or once someone has recovered from it. 11

12 Ebola fast facts West Africa Outbreak: Cases listed below include confirmed, probable or suspected cases of Ebola as of February 1, 2015 (World Health Organization and CDC): Country Cases Deaths Guinea 2,975 1,944 Liberia 8,745 3,746 Mali 8 6 Nigeria 20 8 Senegal 1 (origin Guinea) 0 Sierra Leone 10,740 3,276 Spain 1 0 United Kingdom 1 0 United States 4 (2 US,1 Liberia,1 Guinea) 1 TOTALS 22,495 8,981 (40%) 12

13 If Ebola Strikes Level 1 Go directly 13 to Level 5 of your Plan

14 Goal of Public Health in a Flu Pandemic: Slow down spread Isolation of the sick. Quarantine of the exposed. Protective sequestration. Isolating a community before illness enters. Social Distancing. Actions taken to discourage close social contact between individuals. Public education. Accurate, clear information. Consistent with those being given by other public health authorities.

15 What is the role of the Student Health Service in a Flu Pandemic? To be knowledgeable about pandemic planning guidelines and recommendations. To be an active participant in the campus-wide planning process. To develop a detailed plan for Student Health operations.

16 Role con t To identify and establish contacts in the local health care community including hospitals, local health departments, emergency response personnel. To provide sound medical and public health information to the incident commander, key decision makers and the campus community.

17 Challenges to Planning Requires multi-faceted, multi-departmental effort over time. Deficits in knowledge. No case definition. Gaps in our understanding of viruses. Gaps in our understanding of which strategies are most effective.

18 Challenges to Planning Considering the what ifs. we can t send all students home? we have students who are ill and the local health systems are overwhelmed? we must work with a reduced staff? Allocation of resources. Stockpile goods? How much? Questions of ethical nature.

19 Planning in the Present Based on current knowledge and understanding. Inclusive, collaborative. Plans must be flexible, adaptable, resilient. Plans must be tailored to the particular type of institution. Plans must be tested and rehearsed.

20 Getting Started Who is responsible for emergency preparedness on your campus? Does your school have an emergency response plan/template? Can it be adapted for pandemic planning? Who do you engage in the conversation on your campus to get pandemic planning on the table?

21 Getting Started con t Identify key members of the pandemic planning committee. Depth charting Identify essential functions and personnel. Depth charting Identify appropriate channels of communication and chain of command. Identify the role of student health services.

22 World Health Organization (WHO) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Local Health Departments Are the levels the same? Connected? Who do you follow? How do you interpret all stages phases - levels? 22

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24 Pandemic Flu Prevention & Response Plan 24

25 Levels of Emergency Response 25

26 Pandemic Planning Committee Members Executive management (President, Provost, Chancellor or designees) Student Health Public Safety Environmental Health & Safety Public Affairs Government Relations Facilities Management Student Affairs (residence life) International Student Services Housing Dining Human Resources Risk Management Telecommunications Information Technology Operations and Finance

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30 Determine triggers for Moving Plans to Action Short window for critical decision making. Reducing the number of students on campus may be best strategy. Resources/expectations for care/support. Once closed when do you reopen? 8-12 weeks to avoid resurgence of illness Define closing no classes? No research? Lock down of all buildings?

31 Campus Security Procedures for securing buildings, protecting stored supplies. Communication with local police, fire and emergency response. Protocols for transporting sick students. Fit-test for N95s. Equip cars with disinfectants, gloves etc.

32 Physical Plant Identify On campus quarantine location sites. Contingency plans in case of fuel, water and energy shortages. Emergency generators? Building ventilations systems.

33 Human Resources Identify essential personnel and depth charting. Call-off guidelines and vacation/sick leave guidelines. Return to work guidelines. Work-at-home guidelines. Recruitment of volunteers. Communications for supervisors and campus work force.

34 Key Considerations for Student Health Services Health Service Staff education and preparation. Engage staff in pandemic planning and provide exercises and drills to rehearse plan. Provide regular updates for staff on the latest developments. Vaccinations. Fit testing for N95s. In-services on PPE. Encourage staff to make personal emergency plans. Identify resources for food/on campus shelter.

35 Key Considerations for Student Health Services Supplies/equipment/services. Compile a list. Identify vendors/storage. Cost estimate for stockpiling/storage. Negative pressure rooms. Cleaning services, waste removal.

36 Key Considerations for Student Health Services Clinical Issues. Consult with HR regarding use of volunteers. List of duties, training plan, telephone triage protocols. Plans for setting up an infirmary staffing, location? Protocol for monitoring cases in quarantine. Triage and treatment protocols. Care of the deceased morgue/notification of family. Plans for mass immunization clinics. Clinic signage/voice messages.

37 Communications Internal Whose in charge? Establish a central reporting plan for monitoring prevalence of illness, absenteeism, # in isolation and quarantine. HR, Campus Police, Residence Life. Identify all possible means of communicating to various audiences. Communication and technology departments. Communication capabilities, limitations, testing platforms.

38 Communications con t Provide information to campus community on status of planning, personal emergency preparedness, hand-washing. Communicate early and often. Collaborate with media relations. Craft messages in advance. Ensure materials are easy to understand and culturally appropriate.

39 Communications con t External. Establish and maintain communications with local public health authorities, emergency preparedness groups, hospital systems. Identify key contacts. Participate in community planning/drills. Benchmark activities/planning of other like colleges and universities.

40 Counseling Services Anticipate high need. 24/7 counseling for staff, faculty, students. Protocols for providing service via telephone or internet.

41 Housing Services Identify rooms and buildings that could be used for quarantine, isolation and residence for students who cannot go home. Develop a procedure for closure and evacuation of residence halls. Procedures for notifying and relocating students. Housekeeping staff trained in personal protection and proper cleaning. Communication protocols between Housing and Residence Life.

42 Dining Stockpiling and storing non-perishable food stuffs and fluids. Procedures for delivery to residential areas. Volunteer staff.

43 International students and Study Abroad Plans for communicating with students abroad. Guidelines for closure of study abroad programs. Procedures for monitoring student travel. Procedures for communicating to international students about travel restrictions and re-entry.

44 Academic Affairs Policies for student absenteeism due to illness/quarantine. Alternative procedures for completing course work.

45 Research Can some research continue? Plan for maintaining security in labs. Plan for care of lab animals. Plan for specimen storage and managing experiments in progress.

46 Business and Finance Procedures for rapid procurement of goods. Continuation of payroll functions. Financing and emergency funding issues.

47 Admissions/Financial Aid Plan for reviewing applications and recruiting in absence of face-to-face interviews or campus visits. Contingency plans for dealing with financial aid, withdrawal from school, other factors related to tuition and registration.

48 Recovery Criteria for calling an end to the crisis and resuming campus business. Communication plan for advising students, staff, faculty of plan to resume business. Timeline for restorations of operations. Plan to debrief. Structure for evaluating the effectiveness of the emergency response.

49 Questions 49

50 Staffing Shortage Planning Tool 50

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54 Questions 54

55 Points of Dispensing (POD) 55

56 Points of Dispensing (POD) Overview Open Points of Dispensing (POD) - open to the general public. We will discuss Closed Points of Dispensing (POD) Guided by Local Health Departments. Partnership with local businesses and other organizations. Quickly deliver antibiotics. Activated in response to public health emergencies. A specific business or organization that has agreed to work with the Local Health Department to quickly dispense emergency antibiotics to their staff and family members, and in some cases, patients and clients, in response to a largescale declared public health emergency. Only opened in the rare event that the whole population is at great risk of exposure to an infectious disease or other biological agent and medications need to be taken immediately to prevent severe illness. Help decrease the burden of Public PODs in the emergency response. A Closed POD is Closed because it is not open/available to the general public. They are then closed focusing solely on those individuals your organization wants to protect. 56

57 Points of Dispensing (POD) Overview) OVERVIEW: How to write and manage a University Points of Dispensing (POD) Plan in conjunction with the local Public Health department: What they are? Policies and Decisions? How to get Medications? How they work? Staff roles. Training & Checklists. Documents & Forms. Reference go to: (National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) 57

58 Points of Dispensing (POD) Overview Plan Table of Contents: 1. POD overview 2. Response 3. EOC activation 4. Protocol 5. POD operations 6. POD organizational chart and staffing needs 7. Signage 58

59 Points of Dispensing (POD) Organization Chart 59

60 Questions 60

61 Questions & Answers 61

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