KCER: Kidney Community Emergency Response Coalition
Information for Pandemic
Find your local health department:
For Patients and Families
- Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Families
- Pandemic Preparedness: Most Important Things to Know
- Getting Medical Care and Prescription Drugs in a Disaster or Emergency Area
For Providers and Healthcare Workers
- Continuing education CDC program for nurses and technicians "Infection Prevention in Dialysis Settings"
- National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination
- CDC Updates on E. coli Outbreak
- OSHA FACT SHEET: Respirators versus surgical masks
- Pharmacokinetics and dosage adjustment of oseltamivir and zanamivir in patients with renal failure
- Recommendations for Developing a Dialysis Facility Pandemic Planning Checklist
- Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Safe and Timely Immunizations Coalition
- Updated Infection Control Measures for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Healthcare Facilities
- The Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Oseltamivir Suspension
- Stockpiling Antivirals Algorithm
- OSHA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
- Summary of OSHA Respirator Requirements
- Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
- Community Pan-Flu Preparedness: A Checklist of Key Legal Issues for Healthcare Providers
- Pandemic Preparedness and Ethical Decision-Making
- Interim Additional Guidance for Infection Control for Care of Patients with Confirmed, Probable, or Suspected Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in Outpatient Hemodialysis Settings
Infectious Diseases
Flu
- Resources: http://www.flu.gov and http://www.cdc.gov/flu/
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To locate a flu vaccine provider nearest to you, enter your city, state or zip code in the search line below and click "Go".
Viruses
- Hanta Virus: http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus and http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hantavirus/index.html
- West Nile Virus: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
General
- Mysterious (SARS-like) Virus Emerges
New York Times. 2012 Sept 24 - Factors influencing emerging infectious diseases in the Southeastern United States
Gargano LM, Schreier B, Hughes JM. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;16(4):e1 - Surveillance for unexplained deaths and critical illnesses due to possibly infectious causes, United States, 1995-1998
Hajjeh RA, Relman D, Cieslak PR, Sofair AN, Passaro D, Flood J, Johnson J, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Feb;8(2):145-53 - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009-associated deaths detected by unexplained death and medical examiner surveillance
Lees CH, Avery C, Asherin R, Rainbow J, Danila R, Smelser C, Schmitz A, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;17(8):1479-83.
Bed Bugs
- Presentation-Bed Bug Infestations
- Bed Bug Fact Sheet - State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
General Information
- Pandemic Preparedness: It's not IF, but WHEN
- SARS: A Presentation to the Kidney Community Emergency Response Coalition Pandemic Preparedness Team
- Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
- State and Local Pandemic Influenza Checklist
- Pandemic Flu Resources
Mental Health Resources
- Publications from SAMSHA on Mental Health & Disaster Issues
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/disasterrelief/first.aspx - Medical Reserve Corps Psychological First Aid Field Guide 2nd edition
http://www.naccho.org/topics/emergency/MRC/resources/index.cfm
en Español
- http://cdc.gov/h1n1flu/espanol/
- http://espanol.pandemicflu.gov/pandemicflu/enes/24/_www_pandemicflu_gov/
