KCER: KIDNEY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE COALITION

Accomplishments: This committee is represented by ESRD patients, transplant recipients, kidney patient and dialysis provider organizations, governmental state and local representatives, the Centers for Disease Control, and physicians.

Pandemic Preparedness Response Team members are available to speak at meetings. If you are interested in securing a speaker, please contact Lawrence Park or Wendy Schrag.

If you are interested in becoming a member of this Response Team, please read and sign the Pandemic Team's Charter and either provide it to the Response Team leadership or acknowlege that you understand the Team's activities and your responsibilities as a volunteer.

Find your local health department:

• http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html

For Patients and Families

• Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Families
• Keeping Yourself Safe From Bird Flu (Travel Tips)
• Pandemic Preparedness: Most Important Things to Know
• Getting Medical Care and Prescription Drugs in a Disaster or Emergency Area

For Providers and Healthcare Workers

• Recommendations for Developing a Dialysis Facility Pandemic Planning Checklist
• Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
• Safe and Timely Immunizations Coalition
• Immunization Action Coalition's Influenza Vaccination Pocket Information Guide
• Updated Infection Control Measures for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Healthcare Facilities
• Antiviral Agents for Influenza: Background Information for Clinicians
• The Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Oseltamivir Suspension
• Stockpiling Antivirals Algorithm
• U.S. and other countries regulations in reporting health and disease outbreaks
• OSHA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
• Summary of OSHA Respirator Requirements
• Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
• Pandemic Preparedness: Most Important Things to Know
• Community Pan-Flu Preparedness: A Checklist of Key Legal Issues for Healthcare Providers
• Pandemic Preparedness and Ethical Decision-Making

Renal Network Information

• Network of New England, Inc. Letter to the State Department of Health
• Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition Pandemic Flu Resources
• ESRD Network of Texas, Inc. Pandemic Resources
• Pandemic Influenza and/or Avian Flu Information for the Renal Community
• Pandemic Threats 1900-2006
• Preparing for a Pandemic Event: Developing a COOP Plan for your Facility/Agency (Thank you to Network 1 for this resource)

General Information

• SARS: A Presentation to the Kidney Community Emergency Response Coalition Pandemic Preparedness Team
• Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
• Keep the Bird Flu Out of the United States
• State and Local Pandemic Influenza Checklist
• Pandemic Flu Resources
• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic
• Preparing for the Possibility of a Pandemic-Influenza
• Pandemic Preparedness: Most Important Things to Know
• GAO Report to Congressional Requesters: INFLUENZA PANDEMIC - Federal Agencies Should Continue to Assist States to Address Gaps in Pandemic Planning
• US Department of Transportation Pandemic Flu website

Publications and News Releases

• Pandemic Monitor: Top News Stories Bi-Weekly Summary: July 9th - July 20th
• Pandemic Monitor Top News Stories: Bi-Weekly Summary Nov 12-23, 2007

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