A Resource Guide for Managing Pandemic Influenza
How will pandemic influenza affect your business? Are you ready?
Order the Resource Guide for Managing the Threat of Pandemic Influenza
Influenza pandemic occurs when: 
- New influenza virus strain emerges
- People not immune
- Easily spread
- Causes high number of deaths
What is predicted?
- Economic and social disruption
- Business and Government services disrupted
- Schools and day services close
- Transport services affected
- Going to work will be difficult
How do we prepare?
- Clients and their families need information so they can be prepared
- Staff will need to know how to recognise symptoms of influenza, what action to take and infection control practices
- Services will need enough food, fluids, household items and medicines to last a week.
What are the benefits of the Resource?
- Establish this Folder as part of your risk management for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan
- Add your organisation’s Infection Control, Pandemic and Disaster Response Policies
- Distribute Pandemic Influenza Employer Brochure to all Managers
- Distribute Pandemic Influenza Employee Brochure to all Employees who have contact with your Clients
- Distribute Pandemic Influenza Home brochure to all your Clients

Download the orderform for the Resource Guide for
Managing the Threat of Pandemic Influenza
Developed By Michelle Courts, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Disability Service, RDNS
Email: Michelle.Courts@rdns.org.au
To make a referral simply telephone 1300 363 262
For information on other services visit our web site: www.rdns.org.au
For information on other services visit our web site: www.rdns.org.au

