Webcast Outline: June 4, 2008

Preparación para una pandemia de influenza en los lugares de trabajo

• A severe pandemic would affect workplaces.
• All business and organizations should begin planning for a pandemic now.
• Critical infrastructure / key resource industries have a special responsibility to plan for a pandemic.

How Can Influenza Spread Between People?

Classifying Employee Exposure to Pandemic Influenza at Work

Steps Employers Can Take

• Develop a Disaster Plan.
• Protect Employees - Use the Hierarchy of Controls.
• The Role of Facemasks and Respirators.
• A Pandemic Preparedness Plan for Your Workplace.

Stockpiling

• New “Proposed Guidance on Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza.”
• Employers should stockpile respirators and facemasks.
• Sample Calculation:

4 N95s per HCW per shift X

120 pandemic workdays =

480 N95s per exposed HCW.

• Consider advantages and disadvantages of different types of respirators.
• Consider short term cost vs. long term cost.

For additional information:

• www.pandemicflu.gov
• www.osha.gov