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Pandemic Flu Information
No organization will be immune from the effects of a global pandemic. Every
crisis contains two elements: risk and opportunity. The risks associated with
pandemics are: an unpredictable timeline for when the event will occur; an indeterminate
duration should the event occur; human suffering; disruption of normal life and
business activities; disruption of transportation and other public services. The
opportunities we are presented with are: planning and responding in a caring,
compassionate and prudent manner; reducing the spread and continued transmission
of the disease and delivering essential services to allow the CSU to continue in
its important and vital mission.
H1N1 Flu 2009 - Situation Updates
New Guidance - 2009-2010 Influenza Season
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added a resource for H1N1 Flu Vaccine Questions and Answers to their website. In addition, CDC will post an H1N1 Flu Vaccine Supply Status update each Friday.
On October 7, 2009, new resources became available on the federal government's flu website, FLU.gov. The site now features a new H1N1 Flu Self-Evaluation Guide for adults 18 and older along with a new Flu Myths and Facts section. In addition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance for Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which identifies established ADA principles relevant to workplace pandemic planning.
On August 20 , 2009, CDC
provided Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education During the 2009 - 2010 Academic Year, which includes A Communication Toolkit for Institutions of Higher Education.
This guidance is intended to help decrease the spread of flu among students, faculty, and staff of institutions of higher education (IHE) and post-secondary educational institutions during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Detailed information on the reasons for these strategies and suggestions on how to use them is included in the
Technical Report.
On August 5, 2009, the the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidance to recommend that people ill with flu-like symptoms stay home for at least 24 hours after their fever is gone.
A Pandemic is declared: On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6, which indicates that the new flu virus spreads easily from one person to another, the virus is found in many countries, and that a global pandemic is underway.
Current state information is available on California Department of Public Health. Current international information is available on the World Health Organization (WHO).
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