Pandemic Flu Preparedness Tools

Preparedness Tools for Professionals

Resources to help hospital administrators and state and local health officials prepare for the next influenza pandemic.

• Software: CommunityFlu 1.0
  Designed to enable public health officials, policy makers, and students of infectious diseases to examine the spread of influenza pandemic through a community.
• Software: FluAid 2.0
  Designed to help state & local public health officials plan, prepare, & practice for the next flu pandemic
• Software: FluSurge 2.0 
  Spreadsheet-based model that provides hospital administrators & public health officials with estimates of the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the next flu pandemic
• FluLabSurge 1.0
  A spreadsheet-based program designed to assist laboratory directors forecast demand for specimen testing during the next influenza pandemic (i.e., the surge in demand), and develop response plans.
• Software: FluWorkLoss 1.0 
  Estimates the potential number of days lost from work due to an influenza pandemic.
• Instructions to Estimate the Potential Impact of the Next Influenza Pandemic Upon Locale Y Using 1918 and 1968 Pandemic Scenarios [467 KB, 42 pages]
  Includes basic instructions for the software programs FluAid & FluSurge as well as a template of a draft report

Other Preparedness Resources

• Masks and Respirators Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides information about the use of facemasks and respirators in public places during an influenza (flu) pandemic.

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