Title of Appendix | Description |
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World Health Organization Pandemic Influenza Phases | Describes the pandemic influenza phases (1–6), post-peak period, and post-pandemic period [52]. |
Canadian Activity Level | Describes Canadian Activity Levels 0, 1, and 2 [53]. |
Mass Immunization Clinic Protocol | Describes how to prepare and implement a community mass immunization clinic, including members involved and main responsibilities (e.g., vaccine safekeeping, staffing, orientation/training required, safety and security, communication, vaccinating community, and post-clinic issues) [54]. |
Public Health Agency of Canada: Mass Immunization Clinics in Remote & Isolated Communities | Provides the website link for more information about how to implement a mass immunization clinic specifically in remote and isolated communities [54]. |
Human Resource Contingency Plans | Includes human resource contingency plans for workplaces in the community. |
List of Essential Services | Lists services in the community that are considered “essential” and must be maintained throughout a public health emergency. |
Alternate Care Site Plan | Lists the organizers responsible for establishing an alternate care site, and possible locations in the community. |
Outbreak Control Team and Clinical Pandemic Response Group/Command Center | Lists the members and responsibilities of the community outbreak control team and clinical pandemic response group/command center. |
List of Pandemic Influenza Supplies | Lists general pandemic influenza supplies that are recommended to have available for the community. |
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Formulas for Pandemic Influenza Supplies | Provides formulas for calculating how many pandemic influenza supplies should be ordered for healthcare facilities and workplaces in the community. |
Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan | Includes the community emergency preparedness and response plan. |
Corpse Storage and Temporary Morgue Plan | Includes the community corpse storage and temporary morgue plan for summer and winter scenarios. |
Community Infection Control Measures | Describes recommended community infection control measures to mitigate a pandemic (both mild and severe scenarios) [53]. Included components: public education, infection control measures, where to access health care, general comfort measures, isolation measures, quarantine measures, travel restrictions, screening measures, supplies, communication, closing schools/workplaces, and restricting public gatherings [53]. |
Templates for Community Notices | Includes templates for community notices (both mild and severe scenarios) that can be modified as needed. |
Communication Plan | Outlines the community’s communication plan before, during, and after a pandemic. Describes various methods that can be used to communicate with community members, and the roles of the health center, community pandemic committee, and Band Council. |
Helpful Resources | Provides website links (e.g., Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, World Health Organization, etc.) for more information, which was also included in a DVD format for easier access to the information [2, 7, 43, 53, 54]. |