Pandemic Plan Development
Pandemic Plan Development
What is Pandemic Planning
Pandemic planning is designed to help businesses minimize the risk that an influenza pandemic poses to the:
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health and safety of employees
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continuity of business operations
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bottom line
Pandemic planning will provide your business with the basic information required to prepare a continuity plan for mitigating the potential effects of a pandemic. During a pandemic influenza, your business could be faced with extremely high absence rates, so, your organization should plan ahead to ensure that you can maintain service delivery during such a time.
Your immediate next step in this crisis handling process will be to utilize your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to maintain essential services and/or functions during a pandemic emergency
What are my risk areas during pandemic influenza
The potential impact of a pandemic on your business include (but is not limited to):
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Staffing shortage
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Provisioning of essential services like: IT, telecommunications, and logistics
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Customer orders may be cancelled or can not be filled
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Supplies of materials may be disrupted.
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Availability of imported goods
How can we help
Working closely with your site management, Health Safety and Environment (HSE), crisis management and business continuity teams, Uptime Resiliency Consulting will share experience and help your organization develop a pandemic plan that will address the recommended actions before, during and after the pandemic event. The plan will be based on industry experiences gained during the 2002 SARS outbreak and the current 2020 COVID-19 outbreak.