H1N1 Influenza Related Contact Information:
Maine Public Information Hotline for H1N1 Flu: 1-888-257-0990
Maine CDC Emergency Healthcare Professional Hotline 1-800-821-5821
Flu Activity. Flu activity has decreased nationally. Read the full national report here. Almost all the detectable influenza viruses in Maine and the U.S. remain the pandemic strain of H1N1 influenza. Maine's weekly influenza surveillance report can be found here. The final CDC weekly influenza surveillance report of the 2009 - 2010 season has been published. The 2010 - 2011 season (week 40, ending the week of October 9, 2010) will be published on October 15, 2010.
NIMS Reminder: Hospital employees who may take a leadership role or be part of the Hospital's Incident Command System (ICS) in a hospital disaster or emergency incident have to complete NIMS training. You may go online to www.training.fema.gov to fulfill these requirements.
Maine's Health Alert Network Update: Maine CDC has adopted an easy to use two-way Internet-based alerting and messaging system accessible from anywhere. The Maine Health Alert Network (now known as MaineHAN) provides 24/7/365 up to date alerts and information from Maine’s public health officials. The MaineHAN will be a messaging tool for all public health partners, allowing communication among rural and metro Healthcare Systems professionals, hospitals, health centers, EMS, environmental health, police, fire, National Guard and others. MaineHAN is a secure web based internet site that is as easy to use as email.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness is pleased to announce the roll-out of a new alerting engine for The Maine Health Alert Network (MaineHAN). The new alerting engine, called Response Manager (RM), will dramatically improve our communication during a public health emergency by providing bi-directional, peer-to-peer messaging among first responders and essential public health officials throughout the state as well as the sharing of information on the web portal. On this web portal, users receive, view & confirm messages via telephone, email, fax, alphanumeric pagers, cell phones, and Blackberries and can read news & announcements and access other pertinent links & websites. Your user capabilities will be determined by the license level you have been assigned, either Alerting, Collaboration or Administration. To take full advantage of your license level and to be able to access the RM, you will need to receive training. This can now be accomplished thru Alerting and Collaborating classes now being offered via Webinar. An updated Webinar schedule is now available. To learn more about this exciting new alerting system, contact the Central Maine Regional HAN Administrator at weymouts@cmhc.org or call the Resource Center at 795-2920 for additional information. If you have already signed up and have a profile and an account, click here to access The HAN web link
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