Pandemic Influenza Information and Guidance

This website is designed to provide Federal policy, DOE guidance and information for DOE pandemic influenza planning. It also includes practical information that you can use now to preparing yourself and your family for a possible pandemic.

In the event of an influenza pandemic, DOE work operations will be affected. This website, as well as other means of communication will be used to provide information and links to vital employee information.

• DOE Pandemic Plan
  • Recommended Actions Matrix - Specific guidance for employees, supervisors, program offices, child care facilities, security and others during an influenza outbreak

  - DOE Headquarters (in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area) is at Level 1 of the "Recommended   Actions Matrix." Other DOE entities should evaluate the occurrence of H1N1 at their own site and/or in   their local community.

  • Human Capital Guidance for Federal Employees and Supervisors
  • OCIO Telework
• 2009 H1N1 Flu (previously referred to as Swine Flu)
  This webpage provides information on H1N1 and guidance that DOE employees can take to protect their health and the health of their family and friends concerning the 2009 H1N1 influenza.
• What you Need to Know: The Basics
• Continuity of Operations in a Pandemic
• September is National Preparedness Month - View Information on H1N1 Influenza in Power Point
• Antiviral Guidance
• Traveler's Guidelines
• BEMT Working Group
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Homepage
  WHO directs and coordinates global health activities on behalf of the United Nations
  • WHO Pandemic Phase Alert
• H5N1 Avian Flu
  This webpage provides links to information about avian influenza, the H5N1 virus, and the risk to human health of a potential pandemic of avian influenza known as bird flu.

For further information please contact: Dr. Patricia Worthington
Director, Office of Health and Safety
(301) 903-5926