Pandemic Influenza

What is the state doing?

Governor Donald L. Carcieri has appointed a Pandemic Flu Working Group to prepare Rhode Island for a pandemic influenza outbreak. State agencies, municipalities, hospitals, health care providers, businesses, industries and community leaders are working together to minimize the effect of an influenza pandemic on everyday life.

We are:

Preparing to purchase antiviral medications and distribute vaccines if they are available.
Helping health care facilities plan for a patient load much larger than normal with short staffing.
Helping businesses prepare to keep their critical operations going.
Planning to ensure that essential supplies to the state do not stop.

Pandemic Flu Emergency Response Plan: Summary Report to Governor Donald L. Carcieri

Rhode Island Department Health Pandemic Influenza Plan Version 1/25/2006 includes Public Information Plan update 5/24/2006
191 pages, 1.3MB

State of Rhode Island
Emergency Operations Plan
Pandemic Flu Annex – Version 1
December 20, 2005

Pandemic Influenza Brochure
Pandemic Influenza: What you can do to prepare
Download, print and fold into fourths

National Pandemic Flu Website
The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza.

HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan

Stop the Spread of Germs
Posters and Other Materials from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control