Authors: Otto, Jean Lin¹; Lipnick, Robert J.¹; Sanchez, Jose L.¹; DeFraites, Robert F.¹; Barnett, Daniel J.²

Source: Military Medicine, Volume 175, Number 1, January 2010 , pp. 7-13(7)

Publisher: AMSUS - Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S.

Abstract:

ABSTRACT

Effective Department of Defense (DoD) response to pandemic influenza requires robust and well-exercised plans at the installation level. This article describes proceedings and key findings from a half-day “train-the-trainer” pandemic influenza tabletop exercise for Tri-Service installation public health emergency officers (PHEOs) at the August 2008 Force Health Protection conference. Exercise participants were expected to facilitate the execution of a pandemic influenza exercise at their respective installations within 6 months of attendance. On a 6-month follow-up survey (N = 50), 68% indicated their installations had since created a new pandemic influenza plan or revised an existing one, whereas 44% indicated that their installation had since conducted a pandemic influenza exercise. Chief reported barriers to conducting installation-level pandemic influenza exercises included competing priorities, followed by time, personnel, and budget limitations. Relevant policy implications for installation-level pandemic influenza readiness include access to higher level plans, strategic utilization of assets to optimize surge capacity, and cross-training of personnel.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, 2900 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 2: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E7035, Baltimore, MD 21205.

Publication date: 2010-01-01

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