Morris County Office of Health Management

Morris County Office of Health Management

Community Containment for Disease Toolbox

NW New Jersey Region

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Overview

What’s in the plan Sample forms Highlights regional planning

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A Collaboration

Morris, Sussex, Passaic and Warren Counties

Representatives from public health, health care, emergency management, law enforcement, volunteer organizations, human services and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office

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What’s in the Plan:Mitigation Measures Settings

Individual Isolation and Quarantine Home setting Offers guidance on coordination and

management of individuals under home isolation or quarantine

Social Distancing and Restriction of Movement School and child care Health care Workplace

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Purpose

Using a regional approach:

Develop a standard template that agencies can adapt

Provide coordination of resources to implement mitigation measures

Disseminate uniform messages and recommendations/guidelines

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Assumptions

Communities will be impacted simultaneously

Residents will be confined for a significant period of time (up to 1 week)

Short supply of antiviral medications or delayed vaccines

Isolation and quarantine orders will be obtained in a timely manner

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Definitions and Authority

N.J.S.A. 26: 13-1 et seq

Emergency Health Powers Act

N.J.A.C. 8:57 – Communicable Disease

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Isolation and Quarantine Template

N.J.A.C. Title 8:57 Communicable Diseases, Subchapter 5 (TB)

Provides template for larger scale outbreaks and naturally occuring diseases: Pandemic Influenza Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

(SARS) MERS CoV Biological Agents

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Standards and Guidelines

When to use Isolation guidelines Quarantine guidelines Evaluation and treatment guidelines Sample orders

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Sample Health Officer Order – Evaluation and

Treatment

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Sample Request for Voluntary Quarantine

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Sample Isolation Order

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Community Containment Guidelines

Key Considerations Measures that affect groups of

exposed or at risk persons Tables:

Focused measures to increase social distance

Community wide measures to increase social distance

Widespread community quarantine Working quarantine

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Sample Table: Focused Measures to increase

social distance

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Community Containment

Community wide infection control measures

Emergency closings and self shielding

Preparedness checklists Temporary emergency facilities for

patient isolation and quarantine

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Management Guidelines for Home Isolation and Quarantine

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Monitoring Health Status

Staffing recommendations Supplies Passive Patient Monitoring Active Patient Monitoring Active Patient Monitoring with

activity restrictions Monitoring procedures Monitoring cycles Data records content Monitoring reports

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Coordination

Public Information Law Enforcement Support Statutes related to state public

health emergency declared State public health emergency not

declared

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Disease Scenario

Tuberculosis

Next Steps: Exercise the disease scenario with

partners and the courts

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