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Sample Business Pandemic Preparedness Checklist
Do you have a “sick time” policy that encourages all ill workers to stay home, and does not penalize them financially for missing work?Do you provide antiseptic hand cleansers in areas of your workplace where it is not convenient to wash hands? Do you teach workers to cover coughs and sneezes, and wash their hands at appropriate times? Do you offer your employees annual flu shots? Do you clean all frequently touched surfaces in your workplace on a regular basis? Have you trained your JHSC and others on the basics of infectious diseases and their control? Do you have a tradition and mechanisms for timely, honest and open communication? Do you have succession planning and cross-training policies, so no one employee is indispensable? PLANNING for the PANDEMIC:
1. Assemble a TeamHave you consulted with your JHSC, senior leadership, union leaders, Human Resources Department and a health professional (internal or external) to develop a staged Pandemic Plan? 2. Assess the Risks Have you assessed the impacts of the stages of a pandemic (moderate and severe) on your people and processes (hazard identification)? Have you assessed the risks to your people – which of your employees may be at greatest risk of acquiring the flu, due to their jobs, family circumstances, age, health? Have you assessed the risks to your processes – which processes are most at risk of being shut down by public health, or crippled due to lack of key individuals or supplies, or challenged by surging demands? 3. Set Priorities Have you prioritized the risks (probability x severity)? Have you identified your most critical production lines, processes or services, which must continue at all cost? Have you identified your most critical support jobs, which must continue (e.g., payroll)? Have you identified your least essential processes or jobs? 4. Protect People … Have you re-assessed your interpandemic controls for protecting employees (see top of first page)? Have you identified and planned ways to encourage social distancing? Do you have a process to restrict or screen entry to your premises by ill visitors or staff? Have you identified appropriate usage of PPE and stockpiled supplies? Do you have a procedure to deal with an employee who becomes ill with the flu at work? Have you identified and communicated any necessary travel restrictions for staff? Have you identified key individuals who would be highest priority for anti-viral medication, in consultation with Public Health? Have you planned for enhanced safety training for employees who may be transferred into unfamiliar jobs? …and Processes Do you have a process for knowledge management, so that key documents and information can be accessed when key individuals are absent? Have you made plans (in consultation with unions) for shifting staff from less critical jobs to more critical areas in the event of a staff shortage, or surging demands for some products or services? Have you identified your key suppliers and developed contingency plans to ensure a continuation of supplies from them? Have you developed contingency plans with employees who would be affected by school closures? Have you identified alternate working arrangements (e.g., meetings by teleconference, working from home) that might be used more frequently in a pandemic? Have you put the necessary technology in place to accommodate the planned alternate working arrangements? Have you identified “trigger points” for different stages of your pandemic plan? 5. Build the Foundations Have you instituted appropriate succession planning and cross training to allow critical roles and functions to be maintained in case of high absenteeism?
Have you identified your “Chain of Command” for a pandemic emergency (roles & responsibilities)? Have you developed a communications plan for a pandemic (internal and external)? Do you have any facilities that might be used by Public Health as “Non-Traditional [Health Care] Sites”? If so, have you discussed this with Public Health officials? Have you discussed issues related to antiviral and vaccine provision for your employees with Public Health officials? For more information, contact IAPA at 905-614-4272 or toll-free at 1-800-406-4272, or visit the website at www.iapa.ca. Reprinted from Sample Business Pandemic Preparedness Checklist, Version 3.3, September 2006 with permission of IAPA, Mississauga, Canada. |
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