Project Highlight: Public Health Preparedness
National Resource Manual for Communicable Diseases that are Quarantinable
Client: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation
The National Resource Manual for Communicable Diseases that are Quarantinable provides information and guidance to Federal, state, and local agencies involved in both planning for and responding to a quarantinable, communicable disease incident at an international airport.
Specifically, the document covers:
- Roles, responsibilities, and authorities of all response agencies to a quarantinable, communicable disease incident at an international airport
- Protocols and logistics of a three-phased response (In-Flight, On-Arrival, and Post-Arrival) to such an incident
- Guidance on airport communicable disease response planning and evaluation
- Information on quarantinable diseases and Federal quarantine authorities and regulations
The document is intended to be used by all international airports in the United States to develop or update their own airport communicable disease response plan.
The audience includes airlines, first responders, local and state public health, and other government and non-profit stakeholders.
This manual is intended to prepare for the arrival of serious, life-threatening disease such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or pandemic flu.
