Positive Reception Contributes to Future Training Plans

Advanced Practice Center (APC) Toolkits on the Road!

The Infectious Disease Emergency Response (IDER) Toolkit provides guidance to local health departments on how to develop and operationalize a NIMS-compliant response plan for infectious disease emergencies. The Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Implementation (SPIVA) Toolkit provides local health departments with tools to implement state and federal influenza vaccination guidelines. By using these toolkits, local health department staff can supplement their current efforts to prepare and respond to influenza and other infectious diseases.

The San Francisco Bay Area Advanced Practice Center (APC) launched its training on the IDER and SPIVA Toolkits at a post-CIDER Summit Workshop in Santa Ana, CA in late June. In this introductory workshop participants from throughout California, and a couple from Nevada and Alaska, appreciated what they heard and saw about the toolkits and commented on wanting more time spent on each! We are pleased to have gotten such a favorable reception. Thank you for attending our workshop at the CIDER Summit and providing input for us to continue our training plans.

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Free IDER/SPIVA Toolkit Training!

ABAHO and CACDC members are invited to schedule an onsite 3-hour IDER/SPIVA Toolkit training for staff charged with all-hazards emergency preparedness and/or pandemic flu planning and response. Training dates to be scheduled between July 1 and September 15, 2010.

Contact Norma Martinez-Rubin at (510) 643-9312 or email at nmartinez-rubin@berkeley.edu, subject header "IDER/SPIVA Toolkit Training" through August 30.

Schedule a Training in Your Area

To schedule a training workshop on the IDER or SPIVA Toolkits in your area, or to learn more about the SF Bay Area APC, contact Norma Martinez-Rubin at (510) 643-9312 or email nmartinez-rubin@berkeley.edu.