Preschool: Response

Focuses on what to do if a pandemic occurs, including how to announce
school closure, ongoing disease surveillance, crisis management, and other action tools.
 

» Guides

• Childcare Provider Action Steps for Pandemic Flu
  Steps that childcare providers should take before, during, and after a pandemic flu outbreak; 2 pages (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Crisis Management Workbook
  Workbook to help school administrators respond to a critical incident; 188 pages
  (Fairfax County, VA)
   

• School Response to Pandemic Flu Flow Chart
  Sample flow chart guiding schools response to a flu pandemic; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)
  

» Letters

• Sample Letter to Parents # 2 First Bird Case: English | Spanish
  To help prepare parents for pandemic flu after first bird case is found in the U.S.;
  1 page (Contra Costa Health Services) 
   

• Sample Letter to Parents # 3 Initial Outbreak: English | Spanish
  To let parents know that schools are open despite the outbreak; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Sample Letter to Parents #4 Expanded Outbreak: English | Spanish
  To let parents know that schools are open and urge ill children to stay home; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Sample Letter to Parents # 5 School Closure: English I  Spanish
  To inform parents schools are closed; 1 page (Contra Costa Health Services)
  

» Surveillance and Reporting

• Daily Pandemic Flu Census
  Sample form to report daily cases of influenza-like illness; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Daily Pandemic Flu Census Log
  Sample form to log student absences; 1 page (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Definition of Surveillance Levels
  Information sheet explaining the difference between standard, heightened, and intensive surveillance; 1 page (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Influenza Case Definition
  List of typical flu symptoms that should be reported; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Surveillance and Reporting
  List of information to monitor the illness rate at schools; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)
   

• Weekly Pandemic Flu Census
  Sample form for weekly reporting of students with flu-like illness; 1 page
  (Contra Costa Health Services)