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Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Asbury Park Press, October, 2018
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Measles timeline, Ocean County
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Measles: The unknown• November 1, 2018 (Outbreak declared, 3 cases)
• November 2, 2018– Measles 101 staffing orientation (surge capacity), total of 30+/- staff
• Public Health Coordinator/ Health Officer• Assistant PHC• Communicable Disease Unit• Nursing Clinics• Public Health Preparedness• Public Information• Human Resources• Finance• Health Education
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Incident command established
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Measles: Administrative matters• Time code• Daily conference call w/ NJ
DOH• Daily internal communication
w/ staff (prior to and after each NJ DOH call)
• Educate/ remind “community” on the requirement to immediately report suspect measles
• Update/ distribute Health Department “on call” roster
• Draft Health Officer “Isolation”, “Quarantine” and “Exclusion” orders
• Burden of OPRA requests• Public Health Nurse
enforced Health Officer orders
• Communication to Board of Health, Elected Officials, Community Leaders, other
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
School ExclusionIn accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:57-4.3 (d) and 4.4 (d) a school, preschool, or child care center may exclude
children with religious or medical exemptions during a vaccine preventable disease outbreak or threatened
outbreak as determined by the Commissioner, Department of Health, or his or her designee
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Risk Communication• Assure accurate communication at all levels (State,
County Local)• Numerous requests from television, radio, print and
internet media (many unannounced)• Opportunity to educate media and community of
Public Health as a “Silent First Responder”• Set up a information hotline (x7411) staffed by Health
Educators for resident questions (CDU/ Nursing handled clinicians)
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Messaging “Patients of Concern”• Consistent messaging for “exposed or symptomatic”
individuals should NOT present at clinicians office or hospital– Call in advance and clinician should have a plan in place to
see the patient in an appropriate setting– Specimen collection
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Lab Samples• UN3373 Packaging for Biological Substance Category B Agents• New Jersey Public Health Laboratory, Campus of NJ State Police HQ• New York State Department of Health Lab , Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Vaccination Clinics• FQHC’s (Center for Health Education Medicine and Dentistry
(CHEMED) and Ocean Health Initiatives (OHI) took the lead on offering vaccination opportunities to community
• Ocean County Health Department supported their operations with assuring vaccine procurement and providing staffing of Public Health Nurses and Administrative staff to assist in these clinics
• Ocean County Medical Reserve Corp was activated to assist with clinics
• Vaccine (12,500 doses MMR) was obtained through the NJ DOH VFC program
• All patients triaged for proper “next step”
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Triage Symptomatic /Non-Symptomatic
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Community Collaboration (partnerships)
• Very strong community support– Providers, FQHC’s, Faith based, governing body, residents, law
enforcement, emergency management– All very well established prior to this measles outbreak
• Strong local media relationships• Hospitals and Schools (private and public)
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
• Always on a Friday afternoon and WeekendEmergency Response
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Emergency Response• E-Team• Negative Pressure Isolation Tent• EMS Taskforce
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and a Clean and Safe Environment732-341-9700 • www.ochd.org
Questions/ Contact Information
Daniel Regenye, MHAPublic Health Coordinator/ Health Officer
(732) 341-9700 x 7201dregenye@ochd.org
Mukesh Roy, MBBS, MPHDirector Public Health Preparedness
(609) 847-0166mroy@ochd.org
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