Complete Resource List

Health department websites and phone numbers

WA: call 1800 186 815 or visit http://www.health.wa.gov.au/swine_flu/home/
SA: call 1800 022 222 or visit www.flu.sa.gov.au
VIC: call: 1300 882 008 or visit http://humanswineflu.health.vic.gov.au/index.htm
TAS: 1800 358 362 (1800 FLU DOC) or visit www.pandemic.tas.gov.au
ACT: call 02 6205 2300 or visit www.health.act.gov.au/flupandemic
NSW: visit www.emergency.health.nsw.gov.au/swineflu/vaccination/index.asp, or call 180 2007 for your local Public Health Unit.
QLD: 13HEALTH (13 43 25 84)
NT: call 08 8922 8044 or visit www.swinefluvax.nt.gov.au

Resources

Resources are available electronically.

Plans and Guidelines

• Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza 2009
  • Protect Phase - Annex to the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza, Version 3.0 21 September 2009
    • APPENDIX to the PROTECT Annex Guidance for Primary Health Care Workers Providing Care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Fluborderplan - National Pandemic Influenza Airport Border Operations Plan, February 2009
• Exercise Cumpston '06 Report
• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2010)

Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet: Seasonal & Pandemic Influenza (PDF 59KB)
• Fact Sheet: Transmission of respiratory diseases and managing the risk (PDF 58KB)
• Fact Sheet: Infection control precautions for severe respiratory diseases (PDF 59KB)

Brochures and Posters

• 'The flu and you' - seasonal influenza posters and brochure (available online only).
• How to fit and remove protective gloves (PDF 139KB)
• How to fit and remove a protective gown (PDF 141KB)
• How to fit and remove a surgical mask (PDF 136KB)
• How to fit and remove a P2 (N95) respirator (PDF 150KB)
• How to fit and remove protective eyewear (PDF 136KB)
• Correct order to fit and remove personal protective equipment (PDF 102KB)
• How to wash and dry hands (PDF 125KB)
• How to clean hands using an alcohol based liquid or hand rub (PDF 118KB)
• Cough etiquette and respiratory hygiene (PDF 128KB)
• Travel health - Have you recently returned from overseas? (PDF 106KB)
• Staff Influenza Notice (PDF 107KB)

DVDs

• Safe Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - DVD (available on-line only)
• Safe Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Transcript of video

Bird flu resources

• Fact Sheet: Avian Influenza (PDF 59KB)
• Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) - Key Facts
• Bird Flu - Important Information for all Australians.
  • This brochure contains basic questions and answers about bird flu in Australia. Available in 13 languages.
• Posters and scripts (available online only) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and health workers related to human health risks of avian influenza in wild birds in Australia.
• DAFF http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/avian-influenza
• Safe food http://www.safefood.net.au/Safe+Food.htm
• Australian Government Travel Advisory Service http://www.smarttraveller.gov.au/
• How to cook birds http://www.flupandemic.gov.au/internet/panflu/publishing.nsf/Content/avian-influenza-posters-1

Additional resources for individuals

Resources available electronically

• The Australian food and grocery sector has prepared an emergency pantry list (external link) to help households plan for the possibility of a disruption to the food supply during a pandemic.
• Preparing for the Unexpected (external link) is an emergency survival kit checklist for households. The kit provides information and practical actions on how to prepare for and deal with a range of emergencies including an influenza pandemic.

Additional resources for business and community

Business Continuity

The following are all external links:

• Business Continuity Guide for Australian Business (PDF) - this document aims to help Australian businesses consider what impact a human influenza pandemic might have on their businesses, and to help them take appropriate actions to prepare themselves.
• A Kit for Small Businesses - including a Pandemic Planning Checklist for Small Businesses, and 10 steps you can take to be better prepared for a pandemic - this kit will be available soon online.
• Pandemic Planning in the Workplace (PDF) - developed by the Commonwealth, state, and territory governments and the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA)
• Workplace Guide to Managing Influenza Pandemic - prepared by the NSW Department of Commerce with the cooperation of states and territories
• Business Continuity Planning - (Qld Government)
• Building resilience through business continuity and pandemic planning (for non-government organisations)

DVDs

Prepared and Protected – Special Edition for Australia's Accommodation Sector (external link).

This video is designed to be used as a training tool for staff, and includes instructional footage, interactive testing modules and resource documents. It is intended for all staff but particularly for people working in areas of the accommodation sector who are likely to come into contact with infected people during a pandemic. This includes front-of-house, restaurant and housekeeping staff.

Pandemic (H1N1) Influenza 2009 Resources

Review Report

• HTML version of Review of Australia’s Health Sector Response to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Lessons Identified
• PDF printable version of Review of Australia’s Health Sector Response to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Lessons Identified (PDF 1023 KB)

Indigenous Australian Information

• Swine flu community questions and answers (PDF 690 KB)
• Swine flu community Fact Sheet (PDF 671 KB)

Radio and Print

• Facts Campaign
  

  Flu and You materials

• Flu and You brochure (PDF 712 KB)
• Flu and You posters (PDF 230 KB)

Guidance and information for Health Professionals

• Clinical summary - Summary of ATAGI recommendations (PDF 84 KB)
• Latex Allergies
• Health Professional Information Sheet
  • Printable one page summary
• Guideline on Multi Dose Vials
• Priority Groups
• Kids Vaccine Q&As
• Q&A for vaccination providers
• General Community vaccine Q&A
• Patient Consent Form
• Patient Information Handout
• Links to State and Territory vaccination information
• ATAGI Vaccine Advice
• Medicare Statement for Pandemic Vaccination Services

Note: Standard precautions following the “Infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the health care settingAustralian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2010)"


Office-based practices (including general practices) must adhere to the RACGP Infection Control Standards for Office-Based Practices, 4th Edition.
ATAGI Statement: Clinical advice for immunisation providers on resumption of the use of 2010 trivalent seasonal vaccines in children less than 5 years of age, July 2010 (PDF 169 KB)
Clinical summary - Summary of ATAGI recommendations (PDF 84 KB) (Updated 30 July 2010)

• ATAGI advice on the Interchangeability of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Vaccines used in Australia and Overseas (PDF 24 KB)
• ATAGI advice on the Recommended clinical protocol for the administration of pandemic (H1N1) influenza vaccine from multi-dose vials (MDV) for children aged >6 months to <3years and for all people aged >3 years (PDF 89 KB)
• ATAGI Advice regarding the use of influenza vaccines containing thiomersal (PDF 119 KB)
• ATAGI Advice regarding influenza, influenza vaccines and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (PDF 103 KB)
• ATAGI guidance on use of latex-containing 1 mL syringes from pandemic vaccination packs (PDF 31 KB)
• ATAGI statement on the use of MDVs (24 September 2009) (PDF 33 KB)
• ATAGI Advice regarding the use of pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccines in children <10 years of age (PDF 160 KB) (Updated 26 August 2010)
• Medicare Statement for Pandemic Vaccination Services - 1 March 2010 - New (PDF 21 KB)

This information is current for 10 February, 2012
This information was issued on 14 November, 2011