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Avian Flu Characteristics

Managing Ill Employees

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Bird Flu Manual - Pandemic Influenza FAQ

Bird Flu Manual - Conducting a Risk Analysis

Bird Flu Manual - Identifying an Influenza Manager

Bird Flu Manual - Human Resources Issues

Bird Flu Manual - Bird Flu Characteristics

Bird Flu Manual - Managing Illness at Work

Bird Flu Manual - Office Access

Bird Flu Manual - Managing Communications

Bird Flu Manual - Stockpiling

Bird Flu Manual - Supply Shortages

Bird Flu Manual - Office Environment

Bird Flu Manual - Social Distancing

Bird Flu Manual - Training

Bird Flu Manual - Awareness

Bird Flu Manual - Personal Hygiene

Bird Flu Manual - Contact Management

Bird Flu Manual - Regulatory Obligations

Bird Flu Manual - Actions by Health Sector

Bird Flu Manual - Pandemic Status Table

Bird Flu Manual - Drills and Practice

Bird Flu Manual - Cross Border Travel Policy

Bird Flu Manual - Understanding Bird Flu

Bird Flu Manual - Flu and Common Cold Differences Fact Sheet

Bird Flu Manual - Illness Screening Flow Chart

Bird Flu Manual - Customer Confidence

Bird Flu Manual - Sickness at Work Response Procedures

Bird Flu Manual - Action Status Table

Bird Flu Manual - Sample Project Timeline

Bird Flu Manual - Awareness Posters

Bird Flu Manual - Lists and Forms

Bird Flu Manual - Blank Readiness Proposal Template

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Bird Flu Preparedness for Businesses

We all know of the threat that Bird Flu brings to our businesses. We have all been told to prepare. But how do we prepare? It won’t be like other disruptions so our current BCPs won’t work. We have been warned to plan for up to 50% of staff to be absent from work during the worst period, and to expect the same for our suppliers and clients.

How can we avoid the inevitable workforce panic? What can we say when our staff, customers, stakeholders and regulators ask what we are doing to help prepare for Bird Flu? Are we confident we have done all we can for workplace Health and Safety? How can we prepare our homes and families?

There are many ways businesses can minimise disruption, absenteeism, panic, workforce infection and financial losses with good planning, training and preparation. Here are a few tips and things to think about.

1 Know your exposure. What are the risks to your business? Some businesses will suffer more than others. Examine where you stand with

- what are your critical processes
- who are your critical people
- which are your critical suppliers
- what utilities do you rely on

2 Training. Ignorance and panic are our worst enemies. Teach your staff to

- understand the Bird Flu pandemic
- recognise the symptoms and know the differences with the common cold
- make it difficult for the infection to spread
- protect themselves and their familiesinvolve themselves in your own preparations

3 Human Resources. It is people who will be directly affected by Bird Flu, not systems, machinery or physical locations. Consider

- deputy training
- back up staff
- succession plans
- leave arrangements
- temporary redundancy

4 Influenza Manager. Who will take the lead in your company’s planning for the pandemic, and guide the company’s response once the pandemic starts? Nominate an Influenza Manager(s) to look after

- monitoring of the pandemic and trigger activities
- human resource contingency
- staff/supplier/customer communications
- workplace preparation and disinfection
- managing stockpiles
- regulatory obligations
- managing staff return to work after illness/quarantine

5 Managing illness at work. Discovering illness in the workplace could mean healthy employees’ refusal to come to the office due to safety concerns. Mitigate this prospect by having

- a compartmentalised workstation layout
- arrangements for quarantining the individual(s)
- clear guidelines for disinfecting and cleaning workstations
- daily illness checks before coming to work

6 Personal hygiene. Practicing good personal hygiene is probably our best offense against Bird Flu. Educate your staff to

- wash their hands regularly and thoroughly
- cover their mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing
- dispose of tissues in sealed bags after use
- avoid touching their face with unwashed hands

7 Communications. Keeping communications open is critical to business operations. Keep in contact with staff, customers and suppliers by

- enabling staff to work from home
- diverting phone calls and messages
- accessing email from anywhere
- installing videoconferencing

8 Social Distancing. Protect staff by minimising contact with others. Consider the following measures

- avoid face to face meetings
- review overseas travel policy/quarantine
- stagger working hours to avoid overcrowded public transport
- avoid restaurants at lunch hour
- allow customers to make orders/enquiries by email/fax/phone/website
- practice ghost shifts

9 Awareness. People need constant reminders and updates. Help increase your staff awareness with

- posters
- screensavers
- pandemic status boards
- regular newsletters
- website articles

10 Supply shortages. During a pandemic, supplies of everything will be short. Consider the need for ensuring adequate availability of essential supplies in case of

- breakdown of land/sea transportation systems
- suppliers own travel restrictions
- border closures
- disruption to air traffic

11 Stockpiling equipment. Businesses and individuals have already started stockpiling equipment. Have you? Consider adequate supplies of

- face masks
- rubber gloves
- disinfecting soaps
- cleaning materials
- tissues
- Perspex barriers

12 Office environment. Maintaining a clean office environment is one of our best defenses. Check the

- air ventilation
- office cleaning methods
- pantry for shared crockery/cutlery
- reception for newspapers & magazines
- arrangements for identifying visitors/staff who have symptoms

13 Lists and forms. As for any emergency, pre-prepare all the lists and forms you’ll need. Create

- emergency phone records forms
- sickness notification forms
- contact lists to record affected staff travel history and who they have been in contact with
- what-to-do checklists

14 Practice, practice, practice. Drills and exercises are the only way to make sure employees and plans are ready. Schedule

- desktop exercises to check contingency processes
- minor exercises to test staff
- major full scale exercises for a real life drill
- test meetings/conferences remotely using videoconferencing

DON’T LET LACK OF PREPAREDNESS EFFECT YOUR BOTTOM LINE

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