Shelters

CDC Shelter Assessment Tool – Environmental Health Shelter Assessment Tool assists environmental health practitioners in conducting a rapid assessment of shelter conditions during emergencies and disasters

Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (CA-MRSA) – overview and background information about CA-MRSA

Chemical Agents: Facts About Sheltering in Place – precautions about sheltering in place after a chemical incident

Disaster Information for Pet Shelters – guidelines for animal health & control of disease transmission in pet shelters and other information about pet shelters

Hurricane Katrina Response and Guidance for Health-Care Providers, Relief Workers, and Shelter Operators. MMWR – guidelines for Hurricane Katrina response

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Internet-Based Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Georgia - use and analysis of data from Internet-based surveillance forms for evacuation shelters and an Internet-based death registry in Georgia's public health response to Hurricane Katrina

Learn How to Shelter in Place – information about how to know when to shelter-in-place

Norovirus Outbreak Among Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina—Houston, Texas, September 2005. MMWR – preliminary epidemiologic data from norovirus outbreak investigation

Sheltering in Place During a Radiation Emergency – precautions to help reduce exposure to radiation

Shelters – information from the Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners (ETP) site

Surveillance in Hurricane Evacuation Centers – Louisiana, September–October 2005. MMWR – development and implementation of a surveillance system in evacuation centers, types of data collected and how they were used, and limitations of the data

Tuberculosis Transmission in a Homeless Shelter Population—New York, 2000–2003. MMWR – investigation of tuberculosis transmission among residents of a homeless shelter for men

Widespread outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among evacuees of Hurricane Katrina residing in a large “megashelter” in Houston, Texas: lessons learned for prevention [PDF - 515 KB] – investigation underscoring the difficulties in managing such outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis in crowded settings and the need for rapid, sensitive laboratory assays to detect norovirus

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