Incident Planning Guide (IPG): Special Pathogens
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Incident Planning Guide (IPG): Special Pathogens
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The NETEC Special Pathogens Incident Planning Guide (IPG) supports healthcare facilities in preparing for potential special pathogen events, including High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID). This guide provides a structured framework for frontline healthcare facilities—such as clinics, urgent care centers, and hospitals—to assess risks, develop protocols and plans, and plan for the safe management of suspected or confirmed cases.
Key planning considerations include:
Key planning considerations include:
- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) and risk mitigation strategies.
- Identify, Isolate, Inform (III) protocols for patient screening, isolation, and reporting.
- Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) integration with infection prevention and control procedures and Special Pathogen Annex considerations.
- Staff training and resource management for PPE, laboratory procedures, and waste handling.
- Collaboration with key partners including public health, EMS, and Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) and the tiered hospitals of the National Special Pathogen System (NSPS).
- Behavioral health support and protocols for extended response and system recovery.
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2025-02-18
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