HDM - Influenza Preparedness

Contact Information

Health Disaster Management Division

405 W. Fifth Street,
Suite 301A
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 1-(714)-834-3500
Fax: 1-(714)-834-3125

Holly Veale
Division Manager
hveale@ochca.com
1-(714)-834-3500

Greg Boswell
Program Manager
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
gboswell@ochca.com
1-(714)-834-2791

Erik Lowman
Program Manager
Healthcare Preparedness/Grant Management
elowman@ochca.com
1-(714)-834-6281

John Van Sky, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Healthcare Training and Response
jvansky@ochca.com
1-(714)-834-6587

Business Hours
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
M - F

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Health Disaster Management (HDM) > Influenza Preparedness

Schools

Why Prepare?

1) Safeguard the health and well being of students, faculty
and staff
2) Empower the community to maintain a sustained level
of preparedness
3) Develop a culture of personal and social responsibility
4) Sustain continuity of education
5) Create a systematic and structured response

What can do?
	Prepare ► Establish a Pandemic Influenza Planning Team ► Establish a Continuity of Education Plan ► Encourage faculty, staff, students and parents to practice good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene ► Encourage faculty, staff, students and parents to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza annually ► Get involved with local planning groups Respond ► Implement Continuity of Education Plan ► Continue good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene practices ► Encourage your family members to stay home when sick ► Report cases to public health officials ► Monitor information sources and health alerts Recover ►Continue to monitor health alerts for updates ►Return to “new” normal ►Re-establish Operations
Preparedness Tools
School Planning WorkbooK (PDF)
Home Health Care for Pandemic Flu (PDF)
Preparedness Card (PDF)
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