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4C H A P T E R 1 How to Use this Document NCHRP Report 769: A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response has been developed to provide support to transportation organizations as they prepare for pandemics and other infectious diseases. While primarily intended for small urban and rural transportation organizations, this guide can be used by all types and sizes of transportation agencies and organizations that may have achieved different levels of preparedness for pandemics.
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Introduction 5 transportation organizations may also provide information and guidance. Transportation agencies that do not develop an understanding of pandemics and take specific preparedness actions (policy and operational)
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6 A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response on transportation that are human related rather than structural. As such, pandemics can create serious ethical, logistical, and operational challenges that are best addressed in advance by the organization and community policy makers, emergency planners, and department managers.
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Introduction 7 chain, and a confused and scared public. Preparing for pandemics focuses less on more common mitigation and emergency preparedness activities such as hardening structures, learning how to use new equipment, or practicing response to a mass casualty trauma incident.
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8 A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response The diseases that may become pandemics often have one or more of the following origins and characteristics: • Currently in existence but not widespread (e.g., Ebola) ; • Novel diseases: – Current diseases that go through significant changes (known as shift)
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Introduction 9 or immunosuppressive medical conditions. Sometimes, as in the 1918 influenza pandemic, the virus hits young healthy adults.
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10 A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response Exhibit 6. How pandemics are unique.
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Introduction 11 Exhibit 6. (Continued)
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12 A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response prudent. Having a plan that sets forth roles, responsibilities, and policies will help assure that organizations can make good decisions.
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