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Preparedness Policy Advisory Group November Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly conference call on Nov. 13. The group hosted John Hick and Linda Scott...
Dec 02, 2013 | Naomi Rennard
Surge Management Workgroup November Report
The Surge Management work group convened via conference call the third week of November. The group continued the conversation around...
Nov 27, 2013 | Stacy Stanford
Food Safety: An Important Message During the Holidays
‘Twas the holiday season, and all through the states, turkeys were roasted and being put upon plates. People often talk about the...
Nov 26, 2013 | Naomi Rennard
Volunteer Force Gets Latest Radiation Emergency Training
The Greene County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) from Xenia, OH, conducted a radiation training on Nov. 7–8 to prepare for a...
Nov 22, 2013 | Admin
Partnerships and Volunteers Critical to Resilient Rural Communities
In recognition of National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21, NACCHO interviewed Denise Bingham, RN MSN, Director of Nursing, at Three...
Nov 21, 2013 | Frances Bevington
American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Preparedness Resource Kit
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in partnership with CDC, recently released the “Pediatric Preparedness Resource Kit,...
Nov 15, 2013 | Admin
November 1 Government Affairs Update
Staff: Laura Hanen On Sept. 30, FY2013 ended, and because Congress had not successfully passed its appropriations bills or a...
Nov 11, 2013 | Admin
Nurse Triage Line Project October Report
Staff: Sara Rubin The Nurse Triage Line (NTL) Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO factsheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role in...
Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin
Antiviral Dispensing Project October Report
Staff: Sara Rubin The Antiviral Dispensing Project Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO fact sheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role...
Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group November ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly conference call on Nov. 13. The group hosted John Hick and Linda Scott from the Institute of Medicine’s Crisis Standards of Care Committee, who discussed the recent release of the second of two reports about the Crisis Standards of Care. The report includes a toolkit for […] Dec 02, 2013 | Naomi Rennard |
Surge Management Workgroup November ReportThe Surge Management work group convened via conference call the third week of November. The group continued the conversation around the topics of the public health role in hospital coalitions and electronic medical records in light of information sharing during disasters. The discussions led to several common themes. First, there is a real benefit for […] Nov 27, 2013 | Stacy Stanford |
Food Safety: An Important Message During the Holidays‘Twas the holiday season, and all through the states, turkeys were roasted and being put upon plates. People often talk about the secret rub their grandmother uses on her Thanksgiving turkey. People do not, however, always talk about the ways grandma ensured her rub did not contaminate the potatoes. It is the holiday season, and […] Nov 26, 2013 | Naomi Rennard |
Volunteer Force Gets Latest Radiation Emergency TrainingThe Greene County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) from Xenia, OH, conducted a radiation training on Nov. 7–8 to prepare for a possible radiation emergency. MRC volunteers learned how to screen large numbers of people for radiation and how to decontaminate them. This training was the first radiation preparedness training of its kind in West Central […] Nov 22, 2013 | Admin |
Partnerships and Volunteers Critical to Resilient Rural CommunitiesIn recognition of National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21, NACCHO interviewed Denise Bingham, RN MSN, Director of Nursing, at Three Rivers District Health Department in Kentucky about the unique preparedness needs of rural communities. In addition to her work at Three Rivers, Denise is on the Kentucky Department of Public Health Emergency Rapid Response Team and […] Nov 21, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Preparedness Resource KitThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in partnership with CDC, recently released the “Pediatric Preparedness Resource Kit, Inspired by the H1N1 Pandemic: Strengthening Pediatric and Public Health Partnerships.” This kit promotes collaborative discussions and decision-making among pediatric and public health leaders about pediatric all-hazards preparedness planning. It also aims to increase... Nov 15, 2013 | Admin |
November 1 Government Affairs UpdateStaff: Laura Hanen On Sept. 30, FY2013 ended, and because Congress had not successfully passed its appropriations bills or a continuing resolution to continue funding, “non-essential” government services were shut down, including 65 percent of the CDC workforce. NACCHO sent a letter to Capitol Hill calling on Congress to end the shutdown and to find […] Nov 11, 2013 | Admin |
Nurse Triage Line Project October ReportStaff: Sara Rubin The Nurse Triage Line (NTL) Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO factsheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role in the project. Additionally, the workgroup has also reviewed a Nurse Triage Line issue brief document that summarizes the entire project and how local health departments can become more engaged in NTL-related efforts. The NTL […] Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin |
Antiviral Dispensing Project October ReportStaff: Sara Rubin The Antiviral Dispensing Project Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO fact sheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role in the project. Additionally, they also reviewed a newly-formatted collaborative practice agreement (CPA) resource page. Through collaborative emergency planning efforts, pharmacies and health departments can enhance accessibility of medication and vaccines to... Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin |
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