Polk County Public Health Emergency Plan
Section 1.5.4.3 - May 4th, 2009 - Health Sub-Committee Meeting

Critical section? No

Security level: Unclassified

Version: 2.0

Version history: 2009-03-23 (tjb) Section created for agenda.

2009-05-04 (tjb) Updated agenda with H1N1.

2009-05-05 (tjb) Added minutes and present.

Purpose:
Meeting agenda and minutes.

Scope:
This meeting only.

Guideline:
Time: 10:00 am

Location: CMH Community Room 2

Agenda:
- Introductions (if needed)
- LEPC update
- Health Department construction update
- TOPIC H1N1
- - Current Situation
- - Anticipated Situation
- - Antiviral Distribution
- - - Pharmacy Meeting
- - - PCHC Licensed Distributor
- - SNS Ordering
- - - PPE for Emergency Responders
- - - CMH needs?
- - Public Information
- - - Hygiene
- - - Social Distancing
- - - Next year's vaccine
- - Questions and Answers
- Open Discussion

Present:
- Morgan Young
- Rick Lewis
- Jim McManigle
- Wes Flack
- Steve Keller
- Nathan Stamburski
- Michelle Morris
- Nancy Nickos
- Kermit Hargis
- Theron Becker

Minutes:
- Rick updated the group on LEPC upcoming training and exercise.
- Theron updated the group on Health Dept construction - will be occupying the new part of the building in the next few weeks.
- H1N1 update:
- - Current situation
- - - Pleasant Hope laid off 72 people in local pork processing plant.
- - Antivirals have been ordered and are in Polk County waiting for the pharmacies to need them.
- - PPE will be ordered from the SNS as soon as the inventory is loaded into the system.
- - - Once it is loaded, Theron will call Nancy and see if there are any needs at CMH. Otherwise, will order N95, gloves, goggles, surgical masks for each emergency responder to have two of each.
- - Public information messages
- - - Handouts at city hall, city pay checks, county pay checks, cmh infoweb, etc.
- - Social distancing
- - - CMH is moving febrile patients directly into rooms at their clinics instead of leaving them in waiting rooms.
- - - FSD is doing more phone client contacts to avoid office visits.
- - - PCHC will separate waiting room chairs by 3 ft. - July meeting topics:
- - Equipment resource list
- - - CMH tier 1, RHSOC, Health, etc.
- - - Hyperthermia, sun exposure education topics, cooling shelters, etc.

Exceptions:
None

References:
None