Response and Cleanup After a Tsunami
Cleanup & Safety Guidelines
- Floodwater After a Disaster or Emergency
- Worker Safety After a Flood: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunamis
- Protect Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Tsunami Worker Fact Sheet: Pesticide Safety Guidance for Mixers, Loaders, and Applicators
- Animals & Mosquitoes After a Flood
Handling Human Remains
- Interim Health Recommendations for Workers who Handle Human Remains
CDC recommendations and other considerations… - Disposing of Liquid Waste from Autopsies in Tsunami-Affected Areas pdf icon[PDF – 140kb]
- Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situationsexternal icon
From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - MMWR: Health Concerns Associated with Disaster Victim Identification After a Tsunami — Thailand, Dec 26, 2004–Mar 31, 2005
MMWR 15 April 2005;54(14):349-352.
Additional Resources
- Response, Cleanup and Safety for Workers
List of emergency response resources for workers at natural disaster sites - MMWR: Rapid Health Response, Assessment, and Surveillance After a Tsunami — Thailand, 2004–2005
MMWR 28 Jan 2005;54(03):61-64. - Emergency Response Resources for Workers
- Epidemiologic Methods for Relief Operations
“Emergency Refugee Health Care: A Chronicle of Experience in the Khmer Refugee-Assistance Operation, 1979-1980” (published by CDC in 1984 to record the experience & lessons learned from applying epidemiologic principles to humanitarian relief efforts in the late 1970s & early 1980s)
Page last reviewed: February 8, 2013