Pandemic Planning Resources
1. Federal Government Updated Public Health Guidance for Child Care Centres (Updated August 19, 2009)
Public Health Guidance for Child Care Programs and Schools (K to grade 12) regarding the Prevention and Management of Influenza-Like-illness (ILI), Including the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza Virus.
Please click here for the website.
2. Business Continuity Plans
In 2008, the province of Quebec required child care centres to create their own Business Continuity plans. In order to help centres, Quebec provided a Guide to complete their Service Continuity Plan.
The guide, entitled “Dealing with the influenza pandemic: A guide for essential services in educational institutions and school organizations” is available here.
Pour la “Guide de planification des services essentiels dans les établissements d’enseignement et les organismes scolaires en cas de pandémie de grippe”, cliquez içi.
For a poster on flu prevention for your centre, click here.
Pour une affiche regardant la prévension de la grippe, cliquez içi.
To browse their entire site, please click here.
3. Multi-lingual Resources:
Toronto Public Health has a fact sheet on H1N1, Fact Sheet for Parents of Children in Schools and Day Care, and a letter to parents, translated into 19 different languages.
http://www.toronto.ca/health/cdc/h1n1_archive/multilingual_resources.htm