At this stage of the government’s Implementation Plan, your hospital medicine program may be called upon to help create your hospital’s preparedness plan for pandemic flu. If you haven’t been asked, check with your director or administrator to see if such a plan exists, perhaps as part of a general emergency preparedness plan.
With the support of the federal and state government, your hospital should be able to take some steps toward preparing for a major outbreak of pandemic flu. TH
Jane Jerrard writes “Public Policy” for The Hospitalist.