Common use of Infectious Disease Response Clause in Contracts

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. 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 structure (ICS)  Assist HCC members with incorporating NIMS components into their emergency operations plans For those HCC members not bound by NIMS implementation, the HCC should consider training on response planning techniques, organizational structure, and other incident management practices that will prepare members for their roles during a response.‌ More information about NIMS implementation can be found in Capability 1, Objective 4, Activity 1 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌ Activity 4: Ensure HCC Integration and Collaboration with Emergency Support Function-8 (ESF-8)‌ Each HCC funded by the awardee must develop a response plan that is informed by its members’ individual emergency operations plans and submit the plan to ASPR by the end of Budget Period 2 with annual progress reports. Each HCC’s response plan must describe the HCC’s operations that support strategic planning, information sharing, and resource management. The plan must also describe the integration of these functions with the ESF-8 lead agency to ensure information is provided to local officials and to effectively communicate and address resource and other needs requiring ESF-8 assistance. In cases where the HCC serves as the ESF-8 lead agency, the HCC response plan may be the same as the ESF-8 response plan. The interests of all members and stakeholders should be considered in the response plan; however, each HCC must coordinate the development of its response plan by involving core members and other HCC members so that, at a minimum, hospitals, EMS, emergency management organizations, and public health agencies are represented in the plan. Each HCC must review and update its response plan regularly, and after exercises and real incidents. The HCC response plan can be presented in various formats, including the placement of information described below in a supporting annex. Regardless of the format, each HCC’s response plan must clearly outline:  Individual HCC member organization and HCC contact information,  Locations that may be used for multiagency coordination,  Process for multiagency coordination if location is virtual,  A brief summary of each individual member’s resources and responsibilities,  Integration with appropriate ESF-8 lead agencies,  Emergency activation thresholds and processes  Alert and notification procedures,  EEIs agreed to be shared, including information format, such as bed reporting, resource requests and allocation, and patient distribution, and tracking procedures,  Communication and IT platforms and redundancies for information sharing,‌  Support and mutual aid agreements,  Evacuation and relocation processes,  Additional HCC roles and responsibilities as determined by state or local plans and agreements such as staff sharing, alternate care sites, and shelter support, and‌‌  Activation and notification processes for initiating and implementing medical surge response coordination among HCC members and other topics related to medical surge, including:‌‌ o Strategies to implement if the emergency overwhelms regional capacity or specialty care including trauma, burn, and pediatric capability, o Strategies for patient tracking, o Strategies for initial patient distribution (or redistribution) across the region, o among local hospitals in the event a facility becomes overwhelmed, and o Processes for joint decision making and engagement among the HCC, HCC members, state and local public health agencies, and emergency management organizations to avoid crisis conditions based on proactive decisions about resource utilization. Each HCC should also monitor their members’ progress toward closing gaps in their own plans and offer assistance to help close the gaps as appropriate. More information about the HCC Response Plan can be found in Capability 2, Objective 1, Activity 2 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌

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. 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 structure (ICS)  • Assist HCC members with incorporating NIMS components into their emergency operations plans For those HCC members not bound by NIMS implementation, the HCC should consider training on response planning techniques, organizational structure, and other incident management practices that will prepare members for their roles during a response.‌ More information about NIMS implementation can be found in Capability 1, Objective 4, Activity 1 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌ Activity 4: Ensure HCC Integration and Collaboration with Emergency Support Function-8 (ESF-8)‌ Each HCC funded by the awardee must develop a response plan that is informed by its members’ individual emergency operations plans and submit the plan to ASPR by the end of Budget Period 2 with annual progress reports. Each HCC’s response plan must describe the HCC’s operations that support strategic planning, information sharing, and resource management. The plan must also describe the integration of these functions with the ESF-8 lead agency to ensure information is provided to local officials and to effectively communicate and address resource and other needs requiring ESF-8 assistance. In cases where the HCC serves as the ESF-8 lead agency, the HCC response plan may be the same as the ESF-8 response plan. The interests of all members and stakeholders should be considered in the response plan; however, each HCC must coordinate the development of its response plan by involving core members and other HCC members so that, at a minimum, hospitals, EMS, emergency management organizations, and public health agencies are represented in the plan. Each HCC must review and update its response plan regularly, and after exercises and real incidents. The HCC response plan can be presented in various formats, including the placement of information described below in a supporting annex. Regardless of the format, each HCC’s response plan must clearly outline:  • Individual HCC member organization and HCC contact information,  • Locations that may be used for multiagency coordination,  • Process for multiagency coordination if location is virtual,  • A brief summary of each individual member’s resources and responsibilities,  • Integration with appropriate ESF-8 lead agencies,  • Emergency activation thresholds and processes  • Alert and notification procedures,  • EEIs agreed to be shared, including information format, such as bed reporting, resource requests and allocation, and patient distribution, and tracking procedures,  • Communication and IT platforms and redundancies for information sharing,‌  • Support and mutual aid agreements,  • Evacuation and relocation processes,  • Additional HCC roles and responsibilities as determined by state or local plans and agreements such as staff sharing, alternate care sites, and shelter support, and‌‌  • Activation and notification processes for initiating and implementing medical surge response coordination among HCC members and other topics related to medical surge, including:‌‌ o Strategies to implement if the emergency overwhelms regional capacity or specialty care including trauma, burn, and pediatric capability, o Strategies for patient tracking, o Strategies for initial patient distribution (or redistribution) across the region, o among local hospitals in the event a facility becomes overwhelmed, and o Processes for joint decision making and engagement among the HCC, HCC members, state and local public health agencies, and emergency management organizations to avoid crisis conditions based on proactive decisions about resource utilization. Each HCC should also monitor their members’ progress toward closing gaps in their own plans and offer assistance to help close the gaps as appropriate. More information about the HCC Response Plan can be found in Capability 2, Objective 1, Activity 2 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌

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 plansand 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. 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 tofacilitate operational coordination with public safety and emergency management organizations during an emergency using an incident command structure (ICS)  • Assist HCC members with incorporating NIMS components into their emergency operations plans For those HCC members not bound by NIMS implementation, the HCC should consider training on trainingon response planning techniques, organizational structure, and other incident management practices that will prepare members for their roles during a response.‌ response. More information about NIMS implementation can be found in Capability 1, Objective 4, Activity 1 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌ Activity 4: Ensure HCC Integration and Collaboration with Emergency Support Function-8 (ESF-8)‌ Capabilities. Each HCC funded by the awardee must develop a response plan that is informed by its members’ individual emergency operations plans and submit the plan to ASPR by the end of Budget Period 2 with annual progress reports. Each HCC’s response plan must describe the HCC’s operations that support strategic planning, information sharing, and resource management. The plan must also describe the describethe integration of these functions with the ESF-8 lead agency to ensure information is provided to local officials and to effectively communicate and address resource and other needs requiring ESF-8 assistance. In cases where the HCC serves as the ESF-8 lead agency, the HCC response plan may be the bethe same as the ESF-8 response plan. The interests of all members and stakeholders should be considered in the response plan; however, each HCC must coordinate the development of its response plan by involving core members and other HCC members so that, at a minimum, hospitals, EMS, emergency management organizations, and public health agencies are represented in the plan. Each HCC must review and update its response plan regularly, and after exercises and real incidents. The HCC response plan can be presented in various formats, including the placement of information described below in a supporting annex. Regardless of the format, each HCC’s response plan must clearly outline:  • Individual HCC member organization and HCC contact information,  • Locations that may be used for multiagency coordination,  • Process for multiagency coordination if location is virtual,  • A brief summary of each individual member’s resources and responsibilities,  • Integration with appropriate ESF-8 lead agencies,  • Emergency activation thresholds and processes  • Alert and notification procedures,  • EEIs agreed to be shared, including information format, such as bed reporting, resource requests and allocation, and patient distribution, and tracking procedures,  • Communication and IT platforms and redundancies for information sharing,‌  sharing, • Support and mutual aid agreements,  • Evacuation and relocation processes,  • Additional HCC roles and responsibilities as determined by state or local plans and agreements such as staff sharing, alternate care sites, and shelter support, and‌‌  and • Activation and notification processes for initiating and implementing medical surge response coordination among HCC members and other topics related to medical surge, including:‌‌ including: o Strategies to implement if the emergency overwhelms regional capacity or specialty care including trauma, burn, and pediatric capability, o Strategies for patient tracking, o Strategies for initial patient distribution (or redistribution) across the region, o among local hospitals in the event a facility becomes overwhelmed, and o Processes for joint decision making and engagement among the HCC, HCC members, state and local public health agencies, and emergency management organizations to avoid crisis conditions based on proactive decisions about resource utilization. Each HCC should also monitor their members’ progress toward closing gaps in their own plans and offer assistance to help close the gaps as appropriate. More information about the HCC Response Plan can be found in Capability 2, Objective 1, Activity 2 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌.