Infectious Disease Response. CDC recommends that PHEP awardees develop and implement plans and protocols for rapid and appropriate public health actions, such as controlled movement, isolation, quarantine, or public health orders pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations. CDC also recommends that awardees collaborate with designing, developing, and distributing coordinated laboratory guidance, plans and protocols regarding laboratory biosafety during emergency responses to infectious diseases. This includes the safe handling and containment of infectious microorganisms and hazardous biological materials such as infectious waste. The 2017-2022 HPP-PHEP Supplemental Guidelines provides additional information. Activity 2: Standardize Incident Command Structure for Public Health PHEP Requirements/Recommendations PHEP awardees must develop and establish an incident management framework consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Awardees must use the National Response Framework (NRF) to guide governments at all levels including state, local, territorial, and tribal government planning. All levels of government must be prepared under NRF to conduct an all-hazards incident response. Emergency operations plans should use incident command to implement elements of the NRF in scalable and flexible ways. In addition, awardees must coordinate emergency operations with appropriate staff to address all potential hazards. In addition to command staff and support function staff, PHEP awardees must have available lists of staff who have been identified in advance for a medical or public health response. Awardees must also have operational plans or annexes that address resource management; communications and information management; emergency public warning and information; medical surge and non-pharmaceutical interventions; and first responder and volunteer management. Activity 3: Establish Incident Command Structures for Health Care Organizations and HCCs HPP Requirement National Incident Management System Implementation HPP awardees must ensure that HCCs assist their members with NIMS implementation throughout the project period. HCCs must: Ensure HCC leadership receives NIMS training based on evaluation of existing NIMS education levels and need. Promote NIMS implementation among HCC members, including training and exercises, to facilitate operational coordination with public safety and emergency management organizations during an emergency using an incident command str...
Infectious Disease Response. ADHS recommends that sub-recipients develop and implement plans and protocols for rapid and appropriate public health actions, such as controlled movement, isolation, quarantine, or public health orders pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations. Activity 2: Standardize Incident Command Structure for Public Health PHEP Requirements/Recommendations
Infectious Disease Response. ADHS recommends that sub-recipients develop and implement plans and protocols for rapid and appropriate public health actions, such as controlled movement, isolation, quarantine, or public health orders pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations. ADHS also recommends that sub- recipients collaborate with designing, developing, and distributing coordinated laboratory guidance, plans and protocols regarding laboratory biosafety during emergency responses to infectious diseases. This includes the safe handling and containment of infectious microorganisms and hazardous biological materials such as infectious waste. Activity 2: Standardize Incident Command Structure for Public Health PHEP Requirements/Recommendations
Infectious Disease Response. In the event that federal, state, and/or local health authorities introduce policy requiring staff to quarantine/self-isolate for any period of time, the District will meet with the Association upon request to discuss any agreements that may be appropriate to the situation.
