A 10-Step Hypothetical Outbreak Investigation and Response Model
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Managing Communicable Disease and Risk
After a suspected outbreak of a new strain of influenza virus among workers at the nation’s largest airport, a series of steps must be completed in order to confirm and manage the situation. Advice from the CDC in 2012 should be taken into consideration during this process; message mapping, priority communication, accuracy, credibility, empathy, providing action steps and, overall, a show of respect is vital to the process (CDC, 2012). Referring to the H1N1 pandemic response in ...