Morris County Office of Health Management Community Containment

Morris County Office of Health Management Community Containment for Disease Toolbox NW New Jersey Region Morris County Office of Health Management

Overview What’s in the plan ¡ Sample forms ¡ Highlights regional planning ¡ Morris County Office of Health Management

A Collaboration Morris, Sussex, Passaic and Warren Counties ¡ Representatives from public health, health care, emergency management, law enforcement, volunteer organizations, human services and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office ¡ Morris County Office of Health Management

What’s in the Plan: Mitigation Measures Settings ¡ Individual Isolation and Quarantine l l ¡ Home setting Offers guidance on coordination and management of individuals under home isolation or quarantine Social Distancing and Restriction of Movement l l l School and child care Health care Workplace Morris County Office of Health Management

Purpose ¡ Using a regional approach: l l l Develop a standard template that agencies can adapt Provide coordination of resources to implement mitigation measures Disseminate uniform messages and recommendations/guidelines Morris County Office of Health Management

Assumptions Communities will be impacted simultaneously ¡ Residents will be confined for a significant period of time (up to 1 week) ¡ Short supply of antiviral medications or delayed vaccines ¡ Isolation and quarantine orders will be obtained in a timely manner ¡ Morris County Office of Health Management

Definitions and Authority ¡ N. J. S. A. 26: 13 -1 et seq ¡ Emergency Health Powers Act ¡ N. J. A. C. 8: 57 – Communicable Disease Morris County Office of Health Management

Isolation and Quarantine Template N. J. A. C. Title 8: 57 Communicable Diseases, Subchapter 5 (TB) ¡ Provides template for larger scale outbreaks and naturally occuring diseases: ¡ l l Pandemic Influenza Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) MERS Co. V Biological Agents Morris County Office of Health Management

Standards and Guidelines When to use ¡ Isolation guidelines ¡ Quarantine guidelines ¡ Evaluation and treatment guidelines ¡ Sample orders ¡ Morris County Office of Health Management

Sample Health Officer Order – Morris County Office of Health Evaluation and Management Treatment

Sample Request for Voluntary Quarantine Morris County Office of Health Management

Sample Isolation Order Morris County Office of Health Management

Community Containment Guidelines Key Considerations ¡ Measures that affect groups of exposed or at risk persons ¡ Tables: ¡ l l Focused measures to increase social distance Community wide measures to increase social distance Widespread community quarantine Working quarantine Morris County Office of Health Management

Sample Table: Focused Measures to increase Morrissocial County distance Office of Health Management

Community Containment Community wide infection control measures ¡ Emergency closings and self shielding ¡ Preparedness checklists ¡ Temporary emergency facilities for patient isolation and quarantine ¡ Morris County Office of Health Management

Management Guidelines for Home Isolation and Quarantine Morris County Office of Health Management

Monitoring Health Status Staffing recommendations ¡ Supplies ¡ Passive Patient Monitoring ¡ Active Patient Monitoring with activity restrictions ¡ Monitoring procedures ¡ Monitoring cycles ¡ Data records content ¡ Monitoring reports Morris County Office of Health ¡ Management

Coordination Public Information ¡ Law Enforcement Support ¡ Statutes related to state public health emergency declared ¡ State public health emergency not declared ¡ Morris County Office of Health Management

Disease Scenario ¡ Tuberculosis ¡ Next Steps: l Exercise the disease scenario with partners and the courts Morris County Office of Health Management

Morris County Office of Health Management