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Melioidosis is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, and CDC plans for the possibility of a melioidosis emergency — including a deliberate release — so that public health authorities can move quickly if one ever happens. Most of the work of preparing falls to communities themselves.
Build the plan into the community's emergency plan
State and local health departments should prepare for a melioidosis response as part of their community's overall emergency plan, working with health care facilities, public and private organizations and local leaders. CDC sets standards that give state, local, tribal and territorial preparedness programs a framework for planning, carrying out and evaluating how well they can prepare for, respond to and recover from public health emergencies.
Good plans bring in people with specialized knowledge of the community, or of laws, regulations and other issues that could affect a response.
Who should be involved
| Role | Examples |
|---|---|
| Diagnose and treat patients | private, public and Laboratory Response Network laboratories; hospitals; urgent care clinics; Federally Qualified Health Centers; independent providers, including primary care doctors and specialists caring for people with diabetes, excessive alcohol use, chronic lung disease, kidney disease, cancer, liver disease and other high-risk conditions |
| Respond first and keep responding | emergency response organizations, emergency medical technicians, local 911 services, first responders including volunteer groups |
| Give expert advice | state and federal public health preparedness officials, infectious disease specialists, veterinarians (in case animals are infected) |
| Help people cope | mental and behavioral health providers, faith leaders and organizations |
| Reach people who need functional, language or cognitive help | social service nonprofits, community leaders, outreach and community health workers, schools for the deaf and blind, travelers' aid groups, group homes |
Communicating in a crisis
CDC and other federal agencies would speak about national efforts and support state and local work, but state and local health authorities are responsible for telling people in their own areas what the response means for them. That communication would likely include:
- warning laboratory workers about the risk of handling specimens that may contain B. pseudomallei, and how to do it safely;
- alerting health care facilities and workers to consider melioidosis in patients with certain symptoms;
- telling people who live in or visited places of known or suspected exposure that they may have been exposed, and how to get care;
- giving the public regular updates on the emergency and the response.
Getting ready to communicate
Preparing for a melioidosis emergency is much like preparing for any public health emergency:
- Have knowledgeable staff ready to answer questions from reporters and the public.
- Arrange a hotline.
- Identify the TV, radio, online and other outlets you would use to tell people what to do if they were exposed.
- Review the rapid-alert systems linking state and local public health and medical communities, and upgrade them if needed.
- Define the roles of state and local public relations offices.
- Draft sample alert messages for the community and partners, formatted for broadcast, print, the web and social media.
- Plan how to reach people with functional, language or cognitive needs.
- Translate messages into the community's languages, and check that translations are accurate and culturally appropriate.
CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication program offers training, a manual and tools.
Sources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Community Bioterrorism Planning and Crisis Communication" (melioidosis); a work of the United States government in the public domain.
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