Respirator and Facemask Calculator for Pandemic Influenza

Keywords / Description:

This tool was developed by the Wisconsin Division of Public Health Personal Protective Equipment Expert Panel to provide a calculation tool for estimating the amount of respirators and facemasks to consider stockpiling in anticipation of a pandemic influenza. Conceivably, a local health department's stockpile of respirators and facemasks for a pandemic influenza can be used for other public health responses but should then be replenished. This calculator is based on data and information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

The tool includes two documents-a guidance document in Word format and the calculator tool itself in an Excel spreadsheet.

Contact info:
Jay Shrader, Director
Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 100 Polk County Plaza, Ste 180 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Office (715) 485-8800 Cell (715) 554-1612 Fax (715) 485-9116 www.wrpphp.org

Toolkit:

EQUIPh Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Pandemic Influenza

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness

Submitted:

11/10/2008

Modified:

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