Education Services

A Resource Guide for Managing Pandemic Influenza


How will pandemic influenza affect your business, your clients and your staff? Are you ready?


Influenza pandemic occurs when: Pademic Influenza Guide

  • New influenza virus strain emerges
  • People not immune
  • Easily spread
  • Causes high number of deaths

What is predicted?

  • Economic and social disruption
  • Business and Government services disrupted
  • Schools and day services close
  • Transport services affected
  • Going to work will be difficult

How do you prepare?

  • Clients and their families need information so they can be prepared
  • Staff will need to know how to recognise symptoms of influenza, what action to take and appropriate infection control practices
  • Services will need enough food, fluids, household items and medicines to last a week.

What are the benefits of the Resource?

  • Establish this Folder as part of your risk management for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan
  • Add your organisation’s Infection Control, Pandemic and Disaster Response Policies
  • Having at hand the most current evidence-based research driven resource for effective management of a Pandemic Influenza event
  • Pandemic Influenza Brochures for:
  • Employers: distribute to all Managers
  • Employees: distribute to all Employees who have contact with your Clients
  • Home: distribute to all your Clients


Pandemic Influenza resource Guide


Developed By Michelle Courts, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Disability Service, RDNS Email: Michelle.Courts@rdns.org.au

Education Services - A Resource Guide for Managing Pandemic Influenza