Netiquette IQ Blog 1/29/2020 Pandemic planning

Pandemic planning

Pandemic planning is a strategic approach to business continuity that anticipates and prepares for a widespread, dangerous outbreak of an infectious disease. Every pandemic plan should have two parts: it should document how the business' essential services will be provided in the event there is significant and sustained absenteeism, and it should explain how the business will implement and enforce non-pharmaceutical intervention. Non-pharmaceutical intervention describes how an organization will reduce contact between people to help prevent the spread of infection. A pandemic plan for a small business could be as simple as formally defining when employees should stay home. A more complex plan might document how workflow would be affected if there was a staff absentee rate of 40% or more. Continue reading...