aDivision of Public Health Crisis Preparedness and Response, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea
bDivision of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea
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Phase | Situation | Actions |
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Attention | Emerging infectious disease from abroad Occurrence of infections of unknown cause in the country Forecast for typhoon and rainfall | Monitoring and preparedness |
Caution | Domestic flows of global emerging infectious diseases World Health Organization issued a warning of infectious disease Occurring newly re-emerging infectious disease in the country Occurring waterborne infectious disease in the large-scale flooding area | Operating cooperation system |
Alert | Spreading to other areas of emerging infectious disease from abroad after entering the domestic area Spreading to other areas of newly re-emerging infectious disease in the country Spreading to other areas of waterborne infectious disease | Operating response system |
Severe | Signs of emerging infectious disease from abroad spreads nationwide Signs of newly emerging infectious disease in the country spreads nationwide Signs of re-emerging infectious disease in the country spreads nationwide Signs of waterborne infectious disease spreads nationwide Sign of disease spreads nationwide. Massive and simultaneous occurrence of infectious disease in the noncontiguous areas, more than 3 provinces or cities | Mobilization of response capabilities |
Divisions | Roles |
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Public Health Crisis Response | Operating central task force for human infection by emerging infectious disease Monitoring domestic and foreign patient occurrence and daily reporting Allocating designated national base hospital Storing and allocating antiviral agents and personal protective equipment Distributing promotional materials to people and homepage updating |
Infectious disease control | Corresponding with media Mass immigration management of patients |
Quarantine support | Notice a situation to 13 quarantines Fever surveillance and health check for arrivals Identifying current status of quarantine measures Promotion of disease information for international travelers |
Infectious disease surveillance | Monitoring and reporting of domestic patient occurrence Notice a diagnostic indication and encourage a declaration |
Epidemic intelligence service | Operating central epidemic intelligence service team and instructing local epidemic intelligence team Analysis of epidemic features of domestic epidemic infection by searching for source and route of infection |
Influenza virus & Respiratory virus | Laboratory confirmative test Virus isolation and genetic analysis Setting a standard test method for Institute of Health and Environment Technical support for other test |
Vaccine preventable disease | Establishing a vaccine supply policy and control |
Human blood safety surveillance | Blood supply and safety management |
Division | Classification | Business challenge |
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Risk Assessment | Building system | Establishment of public health crisis and response |
Substantiality of response plan for novel influenza pandemic | ||
Research and development of mathematical modeling education program | ||
Calculating risk assessment indicator of public health crisis by surveillance | ||
Education and training | Development of emerging infectious diseases training contents | |
Education and training about response against emerging infectious disease | ||
Establishment and support business continuity plans | ||
Risk Communication | Communication | Development of strategies for risk communication during pandemic state |
Risk Management | Initial response | Establishment of epidemic intelligence service manual for initial response team |
Understand the community spread pattern in influenza, 2009 by using a mathematical model | ||
Public health measure | Setting a medical operation system during public health crisis | |
Policy proposal for pharmaceutical stockpile and allocation of healthcare resources | ||
Development of social isolation guidelines for preventing the spread of infectious diseases | ||
Additional expansion of personal protective equipment | ||
Evaluation Monitoring | Monitoring and evaluation | Monitoring and developing evaluation indicators for public health crisis response |
Division | Detailed contents |
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Organization of response team | The roles of major participants and related agencies |
Management of medical resources | Treatment with antiviral drugs and vaccination, medical supply management |
Patient care, operation of designated national isolation hospital and district general hospitals | Clinical management of cases, running the designated national isolation hospital and district general hospitals, nosocomial infection control |
Public health measures for local community | Management of school and group facilities, mass gathering preparation, self-isolation |
Surveillance and quarantine | Monitoring of disease outbreak and death, quarantine, and isolation |
Public communication | Policy advertising and education |
Correct information delivery | Responding to media report and resolving the civil complaint |