Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Policy Review
State Plans for Containment of Pandemic Influenza
Scott D. Holmberg*
, Christine M. Layton†, George S. Ghneim†, and Diane K. Wagener‡
, Christine M. Layton†, George S. Ghneim†, and Diane K. Wagener‡
Table A2
Overview of 50 state plans for vaccination, surveillance, and containment of pandemic influenza*. PDF Available at www.cdc.gov/eid/pdfs/06-0369-TA2.pdf (131 KB, 2 pages)
| State | Vaccination |
Surveillance and detection |
Community containment activities considered |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACIP priority groups | Other groups considered† | Clinics/hospitals/clinicians | Laboratories | Syndromic surveillance‡ | International travelers | Voluntary self-isolation | School/institution closings | Institution/household quarantine | Contact vaccination/chemoprophylaxis | |
| Alabama | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | ||||||
| Alaska | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Arizona | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Arkansas | Yes | Children 2–18 y of age | Yes | Nonprescription medicine use | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| California | (Yes) | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Colorado | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Connecticut | Yes | Hospitals only | Yes | |||||||
| Delaware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Florida | Yes | Community service perssonnel† and preschoolers | Yes | Yes | Possible | Yes | ||||
| Georgia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | ||||||
| Hawaii | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | Possible | |||
| Idaho | Yes | Possible | Yes | Possible | Possible | Possible | ||||
| Illinois | (Yes) | Yes | Possible | |||||||
| Indiana | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | Yes | Yes | ||
| Iowa | (Yes) | Yes | (Yes) | (Yes) | ||||||
| Kansas | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | "Will follow generic…response plans.." | ||||||
| Kentucky | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | |||||
| Louisiana | No pandemic influenza plan posted before Hurricane Katrina | |||||||||
| Maine | Yes; | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | Possible | Yes | |||
| Maryland | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | ||||||
| Massachusetts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Michigan | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Possible | Yes | Yes | |||
| Minnesota | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, in development | ||||||
| Mississippi | (Yes) | Yes | (Yes) | |||||||
| Missouri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Montana | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Nebraska | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes, in development | Possible | |||||
| Nevada | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| New Hampshire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| New Jersey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | |||
| New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | (Yes) | |||||
| New York | (Yes) | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) |
| North Carolina | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | Possible | |
| North Dakota | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Ohio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | Possible | |||||
| Oklahoma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | Possible | |||||
| Oregon | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Pennsylvania | (Yes) | Yes | Pittsburgh | Yes | Possible | |||||
| Rhode Island | Yes | |||||||||
| South Carolina | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | (Yes) | ||||||
| South Dakota | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | ||||
| Tennessee | (Yes) | Yes | ||||||||
| Texas | (Yes) | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes, in development | Yes | ||||
| Utah | Yes | (Yes) | Possible | |||||||
| Vermont | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | |||||
| Virginia | (Yes) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Washington | (Yes) | (Yes) | ||||||||
| West Virginia | Yes | (Yes) | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | ||||||
| Wyoming | Yes | Yes | Yes | (Yes) | (Yes) | |||||
*ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; (Yes), a program was explicitly considered but not finalized in the state plan; Possible, a program was alluded to but not extensively considered.
†Other groups include nuclear power plant workers, telecommunications and public utility workers, and key government personnel.
‡Syndromic surveillance refers to the immediate electronic collection and reporting of patients in clinics, emergency departments, and other medical venues who have cough, fever, and other symptoms suggestive of influenza.
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