SARS Preparedness Checklist for State and Local Health Officials

Abstract

A planning checklist for widespread severe acute respiratory syndrome, modeled on an Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) pandemic influenza planning checklist, was developed jointly by ASTHO, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This checklist, distributed May, 2003, has been widely used.

Keywords

• severe acute respiratory syndrome
• health planning
• epidemics
• influenza
• coronavirus
• United States