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One of the initial reactions witnessed by those countries directly effected by SARS was the widespread panic and fear of the public, particularly the public's fear of the public itself.
This fear was brought about by ignorance, ignorance of what they were dealing with and ignorance of what to do to minimise the chance of infection and spread.
SARS caught the world by surprise. The public were not prepared, despite warnings of a looming pandemic, even though that pandemic was not expected to be SARS. Many individuals did not leave their apartments for months for fear of contracting SARS and then bringing it back home to infect their family and loved ones.
The media fuelled the frenzy (as they were caught in the frenzy themselves), Governments advised people to not travel, people stayed at home and business came to a grinding halt.
When we consider that on a global scale, less than 900 people died of SARS, there is no reason to doubt that when Bird Flu strikes, the situation will be much much worse.
The lesson learned was the importance of staff training and education. Your business continuity and staff awareness/education are one of the same. Of all the contingency preparations you make ahead of Bird Flu, staff training and education will be the most important one.
By reading this statement you are now responsible to ensure that you, your staff and those you care about receive the training and education they need to understand Bird Flu. Ignorance and panic are our worst enemies. Know Bird Flu, know its weaknesses. Learn how to stop it.
Schedule all of your staff for at least a half-day Bird Flu staff training session. Limit staff training sessions to approximately 50 persons a time.Keep detailed training records of who has received staff training, what type and when. This will assist with refresher training and for identifying new staff joiners who have not received training.
No equipment is necessary to hold the staff training, however access to a projector and sound equipment is encouraged for effective delivery.
Read about and understand Pandemic Influenza.You should refer to the pages we have put together for you on Pandemic Influenza FAQ and Bird Flu FAQ.
- These documents provide a short introduction to Pandemic Flu and in particular, Bird Flu (H5N1), some facts and figures and generally information everyone should know.
- However they do not contain the details and recommendations only communicable through staff training.
- Send a copy of each to each employee in your organisation together with an accompanying request that they read and digest its contents.
Know the differences between Bird Flu and the Common Cold.See the manual sections: Influenza and the Common Cold Differences Fact Sheet as well as our Influenza Screening Flowchart.
- You will save a lot of time, fear and money by minimising any 'false alarms' by panicked employees who think they have Bird Flu when in fact they do not. Your absenteeism rates will be high enough as it is without staff staying at home unnecessarily.
Send a copy of the Influenza and the Common Cold Differences Fact Sheet to each employee in your organisation together with an accompanying request that they read and digest its contents.
Also, keep a copy handy yourself for a time when you may need to refresh yourself with its contents.
Learn how to make it difficult for the virus to spread.
Teach yourself, your staff and those you care about how to make it difficult for the virus to spread by practicing good personal hygiene and following cleanliness rules.
Learn how to protect yourself and your family.- Arm your family with the knowledge you have gained and implement some of the initiatives in this Manual designed for business continuity, into your home wherever you can.
Start making cleanliness a habit now.- Bad habits are hard to break, good habits are hard to make. Get yourself into a strict cleanliness regime in your daily routine right now. Start today. You won't want to risk overlooking something when the pandemic is around you.
Involve everyone in Bird Flu preparations. Ownership of your Bird Flu preparations belongs to everyone. Be open to discussion and don't cover up. Make sure your staff know what to say.Develop your company's 'line-to-take'. Should you have an outbreak at work anyone in the office could be targeted to make a statement. Ensure all staff from the most junior to the most senior know what to say. You can get some ideas on what lines-to-take in our Sickness Response Procedures section.
There are two areas of training you should ensure take place. 'Staff Training and Awareness' and 'Management Buy-in Training'. You won't get very far convincing the staff to take the pandemic threat seriously if you don't have support from their managers.
We strongly recommend you prepare at least your Staff Training and Awareness AND your Management Buy-in Training presentations now.
When the Pandemic Response Alert Phase is raised to 'Yellow Alert', you will just about have enough time to conduct your training sessions. You will not have enough time to write them first.
Alternatively, download our ready made, fully customizable, Staff Training and Management Buy-in Presentation Templates at our special 50% discount price of only US$13.95 and US$13.90 respectively, or US$23.50 for both. (Presentations come in MS. PowerPoint format with a PDF copy as well).
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Latest Bird Flu / Avian Flu News From Medical News Today.
| 06/25/2009 05:00 PM |
| Preclinical Proof-of-Concept Studies Published For Novavax Seasonal Influenza Virus-Like-Particle Vaccine |
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Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced publication of the preclinical study results that supported the clinical development of the company's investigational VLP vaccine against the H3N2, H1N1 and B influenza strains. The study, which was conducted by scientists from the University of Pittsburgh, Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax, was published in the June 24, 2009 online issue of PLoS ONE.
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| 06/05/2009 08:00 PM |
| A Closer Look At The I-Con™ - Isolation And Containment For Pandemic Control |
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American Innovative Research (A.I.R.) cofounders, David Palmer and Judy Piscione, explain how the impact of the avian flu pandemic originally motivated their company's researching a home option of an isolation and containment unit. A.I.R. CEO Palmer states that he and Piscione leveraged decades of success in biomedical research and semiconductor clean-room technology to found American Innovative Research Corp. Palmer defines A.I.R.
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| 06/05/2009 06:00 PM |
| Animal Production And Health To Be Addressed At FAO/IAEA Symposium |
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An international symposium to be held in Vienna next week will focus on the use of nuclear technologies to enhance animal nutrition and reproduction strategies and to detect and control animal-origin diseases that can be transmitted to humans, such as swine and avian influenza. Around 500 animal production and health experts from over 100 countries will present up-to-date findings for solving or alleviating factors affecting animal production.
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| 06/04/2009 04:00 PM |
| Indirect Transmission Can Trigger Influenza Outbreaks In Birds |
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New data on the persistence of avian influenza viruses in the environment has allowed a team of University of Georgia researchers to create the first model that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission of the viruses among birds. The model, which is detailed in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has the potential to shed new light on how outbreaks begin in wild bird populations.
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| 06/02/2009 06:00 PM |
| News From The American Chemical Society, May 27, 2009 |
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Bird flu virus remains infectious up to 600 days in municipal landfills Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat - the "bird flu" virus - can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years. Their report is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology. Shannon L.
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| 05/31/2009 04:00 PM |
| Bird Flu Virus Remains Infectious Up To 600 Days In Municipal Landfills |
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Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat - the "bird flu" virus - can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years. Their report is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology. Shannon L.
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| 05/25/2009 04:00 PM |
| The Challenges Of Avian Influenza Virus: Mechanism, Epidemiology And Control |
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The latest special issue of Science in China Series C: Life Sciences focuses on the recent progress in the H5N1-related research field. Early 2009, eight human infection cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, with 5 death cases, were reported in China. This again made the world alert on a possible pandemic worldwide, probably caused by avian-origin influenza virus.
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| 05/25/2009 03:00 PM |
| Tighter Surveillance Of Swine Flu In Pigs Needed Worldwide Says CDC |
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that there is a "global need for more systemic surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs", during a press briefing where they explained the findings of a recent study on the genetic and antigenetic properties of the new 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus.
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| 05/20/2009 10:00 PM |
| In A New Way Of Treating The Flu, Both The H And N Portions Of The Virus Are Targeted |
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What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, as they continue to do battle with H1N1, the so-called swine flu, and prepare for the next iteration of the ever-changing flu virus.
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| 05/19/2009 09:00 PM |
| New Vaccine Strategy Might Offer Protection Against Pandemic Influenza Strains |
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A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health authorities to react more quickly in the event of a potential pandemic. Ted Ross, Ph.D.
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| 05/13/2009 08:00 PM |
| News From Burnham Institute For Medical Research, May 2009 |
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Human monoclonal antibodies effective against bird and seasonal flu viruses Dr. Robert Liddington and colleagues, working with researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported the identification of human monoclonal antibodies that neutralize an unprecedented range of influenza A viruses, including avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, previous pandemic influenza viruses and some seasonal influenza viruses.
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| 05/11/2009 06:00 PM |
| Bird Flu Research Could Help With Swine Flu Vaccine |
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A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America shows that Aflunov®, the Novartis investigational pre-pandemic avian influenza vaccine formulated with Novartis' proprietary MF59® adjuvant, can elicit a broadly cross-reactive immune response covering all known H5N1 antigenic variants, even when that booster dose is administered six years after the initial priming dose.
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| 05/05/2009 11:00 PM |
| EFPIA Response To The A (H1N1) Novel Influenza Virus |
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EFPIA is aware and concerned by the current outbreak of a novel influenza, which appears to have originated in Mexico. We note the WHO's decision to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from the current phase 4 to phase 5. We will continue to monitor the situation closely, working with our colleagues at the International Federation of Pharmaceutical manufacturers and Associations.
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| 05/02/2009 07:00 PM |
| Novartis Investigational Adjuvanted (MF59) Pre-pandemic Avian Influenza Vaccine Aflunov® Shows Long Lasting, cross-protective Immune Response |
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A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America shows that Aflunov®, the Novartis investigational pre-pandemic avian influenza vaccine formulated with Novartis' proprietary MF59® adjuvant, can elicit a broadly cross-reactive immune response covering all known H5N1 antigenic variants, even when that booster dose is administered six years after the initial priming dose.
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| 04/30/2009 06:00 PM |
| Avian Flu Research Sheds Light On Swine Flu Outbreak |
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A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is greater than previously thought. Results also illustrate how the current swine flu outbreak likely came about. As of now, avian flu viruses can infect humans who have contact with birds, but these viruses tend not to transmit easily between humans.
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| 04/29/2009 03:00 PM |
| Is Swine Flu A Worldwide Threat? |
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After human cases of a new H1N1 swine influenza A virus were first reported in Mexico and then quickly spread around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level from phase 3 to phase 4, on April 27. The virus is a fusion of human, pig and avian influenza. There was growing international concern a week ago, after outbreaks of illnesses similar to influenza were reported in Mexico and in other countries.
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| 04/29/2009 03:00 PM |
| Swine Flu Baffles Experts And Raises More Questions Than Answers |
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As countries around the world ready themselves for the possibility of a global pandemic in the wake of increasing numbers of confirmed cases of people infected with a new strain of A/H1N1 influenza virus that is being described as swine flu, investigations digging deeper into the history and evidence surrounding the outbreak are coming up with more questions than answers.
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| 04/28/2009 11:00 PM |
| NanoViricides, Inc. Says Flu-Cide Drug Designed To Destroy All Influenza A Viruses Including Swine And Bird Flu |
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NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced that it is developing FluCide(™), its flagship anti-influenza drug candidate, to work against all influenza types and subtypes. FluCide has been shown to be effective against both common influenza subtype H1N1, as well as two different variants of bird flu subtype H5N1.
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| 04/28/2009 09:00 PM |
| Pandemic Flu Vaccine 6-Month Time Lag Warns Scientist |
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New research published April 27 from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. By that time, the first wave of pandemic flu may be over before people are vaccinated, says Dr Iain Stephenson, Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester.
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| 04/28/2009 06:00 PM |
| Scientist Warns Over Pandemic Flu Vaccine Six-month Time Lag |
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New research published from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. By that time, the first wave of pandemic flu may be over before people are vaccinated, says Dr Iain Stephenson, Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester.
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