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Update Sent January 16, 2007

NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only and may not provide our most accurate and up-to-date information. The most current Clinician's information can be found on the Clinician Home Page.

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COCA Conference Call

Please join us for our next COCA call on Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Pandemic Influenza.

Title: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Pandemic Influenza
Speaker: Barbara Reynolds
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET

Dial-in Number: 888-889-4431
Passcode: CERC

Objectives - Participants should expect to gain the following understanding:

  • The psychology of a severe influenza pandemic and what kinds of messages the public will need from their public health professionals.
  • Why stigmatization occurs and how officials can respond and discourage it.
  • The importance of strengthening community hardiness and personal resilience to provide the optimum opportunity for recovery from the crisis.
  • How to incorporate loss, grief and mourning rituals in communication to the community while respecting cultural differences.
Barbara has been with CDC since 1991. Her communication expertise has been used in the planning or response to pandemic influenza, vaccine safety, emerging disease outbreaks, and bioterrorism. Internationally, she has acted as a crisis communication consultant on health issues for France, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, former Soviet Union nations, NATO, and the World Health Organization. Barbara is the author of the 2002 book, Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication and CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course, which is now taught in universities and other settings nationwide and internationally. In 2004, she launched a version of the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course for leaders. In 2006, she wrote Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Pandemic Influenza which was the basis of an HHS training course taught nationwide this fall.

Please visit the COCA web page for additional information: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/.

Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza – Situation in Indonesia – Update 3 - January 15
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has confirmed the death of a 22-year-old woman from Tangerang City, Banten Province. The woman, whose infection was announced on January 12th, died later that day. The Ministry of Health has also confirmed two additional cases of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_01_15/en/index.html

Influenza

Flu Vaccine Effectiveness: Questions and Answers for Health Professionals - January 11
Q&As for health professionals regarding the effectiveness of influenza vaccine.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/effectivenessqa.htm

Questions & Answers: Vaccine Effectiveness - January 11
Q&As for the public regarding the effectiveness of influenza vaccine.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm

Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - January 12
During week 1 (December 31, 2006 – January 6, 2007), laboratory and outpatient influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data indicated a decrease in influenza activity in the United States from week 52 to week 1. Among specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories for influenza, 7.6% were positive. The proportion of visits for ILI may have been influenced by a reduction in routine healthcare visits during the holiday season as has been seen in past seasons. However, ILI remained above baseline for the fourth consecutive week this season. Five states reported widespread influenza activity; 11 states reported regional influenza activity; 15 states reported local influenza activity; 19 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state reported no influenza activity. The reporting of widespread or regional influenza activity increased from 14 states for week 52 to 16 states for week 1. The percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remained below baseline level.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Weekly US Map - January 12
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

Emergency Preparedness - Laboratory Information

Flowchart: Chemical Terrorism Event Specimen Collection (CT Collection Guidelines Version 11.06) - PDF File - January 9
This is a one-page document containing directions and visual representations for use in collecting blood and urine specimens from potentially exposed individuals.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/pdf/chemspecimencollection.pdf

Flowchart: Chemical Terrorism Event Shipping Instructions - Blood (CT Blood Shipping Pictorial Version 11.06) - PDF File - January 9
This is a one-page document containing photographs, and related text, of the required steps necessary for packaging and shipping blood specimens to CDC.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/pdf/chemspecimenshipping-blood.pdf

Flowchart: Chemical Terrorism Event Shipping Instructions - Urine (CT Urine Shipping Pictorial Version 11.06) - PDF File - January 9
This is a one-page document containing photographs, and related text, of the required steps necessary for packaging and shipping urine specimens to CDC.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/pdf/chemspecimenshipping-urine.pdf

Shipping Instructions for Samples Collected From People Potentially Exposed to Chemical Terrorism Agents (CSH Guidelines Version 11.06) - PDF File - January 9
Provides shipping instructions for samples collected from people who were potentially exposed to chemical terrorism agents.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/pdf/shipping-samples.pdf

 

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