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Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

This issue of The Express highlights the following new and updated resources:

• Outbreak Considerations for Long-Term Care Communities
• Register Today: Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic
• ASPR TRACIE: A Health Care Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway (Presentation given to the Network of the National Library of Medicine)

As National Preparedness Month comes to an end, we invite you to access our Natural Disasters Topic Collection and Hurricane Resources Page for related resources. As always, we encourage you to reach out to ASPR TRACIE if you need technical assistance.

Outbreak Considerations for Long-Term Care Communities

ASPR TRACIE created Outbreak Considerations for Long-Term Care Communities in 2020 and revised it in 2023 to help long-term care communities plan for other infectious disease outbreaks in addition to COVID-19. The updated version includes a new section with links to resources on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Register Today: Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic 

ASPR TRACIE and ASPR’s Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence invite you to register for the roundtable Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic: Systems, Staff, Space, and Supplies, where panelists will share lessons learned from the 2022-2023 pediatric surge due to influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus. Participants will learn about successes and challenges in information sharing, the use of specialty resources in response (e.g., Medical Operations Coordination Centers), augmenting staff, the use of telemedicine, and coordination with supply chain and coalition partners on medication shortage solutions. These findings can help participants prepare for and respond to future surge events. REGISTER TODAY! 

ASPR TRACIE: A Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway

In the webinar ASPR TRACIE: A Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway (provided by the Network of the National Library of Medicine), our team provides an updated overview of the ASPR TRACIE website, including our Resources Page, Topic Collections, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange.  

Health Care Workforce Resources

The health care workforce is one of our country’s most critical and ASPR TRACIE has had the privilege of working with many in the field to create resources geared towards ensuring they and their facilities are as resilient as possible, including:

• Health Care Facility Onboarding Checklist
• Tips for Retaining and Caring for Staff after a Disaster
• Health Care Labor Action Preparation Checklist
• Disaster Behavioral Health Resource Page

Monitoring the Medical Supply Chain: Green-Yellow-Red Playbook for Ramping Up & Down

Monitoring the Medical Product Supply Chain: Green-Yellow-Red Playbook for Ramping Up & Down (just released by the Health Industry Distributors Association) includes information on triggers for moving to a different phase in the supply chain process; mitigating disruption; and how to rebalance and return to normal operations.

Updates from the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection

ASPR’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) offers a variety of newsletters to keep stakeholders informed during emergency response and steady state. The newsletters inform stakeholders of the most significant issues facing the health care and public health sector, including cybersecurity, health care supply chains, and more. If you are interested in receiving CIP newsletters, visit the CIP newsletter subscription webpage.