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3 CHAPTER 2 Discussions What We Learned or regions experiencing disease outbreaks. Multiple speakers encouraged airport officials to appreciate both the value of being prepared for communicable disease outbreaks and the risk of not being prepared.
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4 R E D U C I N G T R A N S M I S S I O N O F C O M M U N I C A B L E D I S E A S E S they will likely share some common features. These features include establishing an incident command post or emergency operations center, identifying a unified command team, coordinating stakeholders, training stakeholders, selecting and providing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
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D I S C U S S I O N S 5 suspected of having high-risk communicable diseases and which local medical facilities are equipped and willing to accept, evaluate, and treat those patients. In many cases, the hospital best suited to accept, evaluate, and treat is not the nearest medical facility to the airport.
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6 R E D U C I N G T R A N S M I S S I O N O F C O M M U N I C A B L E D I S E A S E S natural disasters, and manmade events (e.g., bomb threats)
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D I S C U S S I O N S 7 In terms of communicable disease response, much of the Insight Event discussions addressed the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, where the response from CDC and other agencies was multifaceted.
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8 R E D U C I N G T R A N S M I S S I O N O F C O M M U N I C A B L E D I S E A S E S communicable disease response planning efforts. The primary airport department identified as a key stakeholder is emergency management, given the existing relationships with many other stakeholders of interest.
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D I S C U S S I O N S 9 that occur at the national level and noted the many partnerships the agency has developed pertaining to airport roles in reducing transmission of communicable diseases. While CDC has a leadership position on this topic, CDC frequently engages with a number of other organizations: • International organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO)
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1 0 R E D U C I N G T R A N S M I S S I O N O F C O M M U N I C A B L E D I S E A S E S advisories and travel health notices to broadcasting public health messages on airport monitors.
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D I S C U S S I O N S 11 ties, both at airports and with key stakeholders, would benefit from being trained and educated on the CDRP and how it relates to their positions. Emergency planners would then benefit from considering what training to give, to whom, and how often, as well as the optimal means of training delivery.
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1 2 R E D U C I N G T R A N S M I S S I O N O F C O M M U N I C A B L E D I S E A S E S custodial, and other staff with responsibility for disinfecting surfaces should be trained and equipped with sufficient supplies and, where necessary, PPE. Moreover, airports were also encouraged to be prepared to adjust their disinfection practices during disease outbreak scenarios or at the request of public health authorities and to consult with hazardous materials units when concerned about the presence of high- consequence pathogens.
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