submitted on-line via the NQA IT portal. Service agreements also require approved providers or licensees to notify DET in the event of a serious incident. Education and care services operating under the NQF refer to the fact sheet Serious incidents and complaints available at: Children’s services operating under the Children’s Services Act refer to the practice note Serious incidents available at: 11.9 Influenza pandemic For comprehensive guidelines and information on emergency response procedures to an influenza pandemic go to: PREPAREDNESS STAGE The scale and nature of preparedness activities is Description - No strain detected (or emerging strain under initial detection) the same for all possible levels of clinical severity Category Key Actions Review Preparedness activities should be Review your Emergency Management Plan (EMP), including: Emergency incorporated into normal business. pandemic planning arrangements Management Plan up to date contact lists of staff, children, families, local services This includes incorporating a – comprehensive risk management DHHS and Local Government Emergency Management strategy that an hazards’ ‘all Coordinators approach and includes influenza communication tree of key staff. pandemic as a specific hazard that needs to be considered. Influenza Promote hygiene measures including: prevention provide children and staff with information about the importance of Regularly review, exercise and hand hygiene (more information is available at ) updates plans. provide convenient access to water and liquid soap and Communicate pandemic with hand sanitiser staff. educate staff and children about covering their cough with a tissue or their inner elbow to prevent the spread of germs careful disposal of used tissues. Appropriate home based exclusion from education and care service or children’s service for children, educators and staff with flu-like illness. Encourage staff to seek immunisation for seasonal influenza. Communications Maintain personal hygiene messages with educators, staff and children. Convey seasonal influenza messages as directed by DET. Travel advisories Encourage educators, and parents/carers to access the website prior to international travel. Business Ensure currency of business continuity plan continuity identifies minimum requirements and key educators/staff for continued operations (including planning for the absence of the director) considers workforce strategies to enable continued operations, if pandemic impacted a portion of the education and care services/children’s services workforce.
submitted on-line via the NQA IT portal. Service agreements also require approved providers or licensees to notify DET in the event of a serious incident. Education and care services operating under the NQF refer to the fact sheet Serious incidents and complaints available at: Children’s services operating under the Children’s Services Act refer to the practice note Serious incidents available at: 11.9 Influenza pandemic For comprehensive guidelines and information on emergency response procedures to an influenza pandemic go to: PREPAREDNESS STAGE The scale and nature of preparedness activities is the same for all possible levels of clinical severity Description - No strain detected (or emerging strain under initial detection) Category Key Actions Review Emergency Management Plan Review your Emergency Management Plan (EMP), including: pandemic planning arrangements up to date contact lists of staff, children, families, local services – DHHS and Local Government Emergency Management Coordinators communication tree of key staff. Preparedness activities should be incorporated into normal business. This includes incorporating a comprehensive risk management strategy that an ‘all hazards’ approach and includes influenza pandemic as a specific hazard that needs to be considered. Regularly review, exercise and updates plans. Communicate pandemic with staff. Influenza prevention Promote hygiene measures including: provide children and staff with information about the importance of hand hygiene (more information is available at ) provide convenient access to water and liquid soap and hand sanitiser educate staff and children about covering their cough with a tissue or their inner elbow to prevent the spread of germs careful disposal of used tissues. Appropriate home based exclusion from education and care service or children’s service for children, educators and staff with flu-like illness. Encourage staff to seek immunisation for seasonal influenza. Communications Maintain personal hygiene messages with educators, staff and children. Convey seasonal influenza messages as directed by DET. Travel advisories Encourage educators, and parents/carers to access the website prior to international travel. Business continuity Ensure currency of business continuity plan identifies minimum requirements and key educators/staff for continued operations (including planning for the absence of the director) considers workforce strategies to enable continued operations, if pandemic impacted a portion of the education and care services/children’s services workforce.