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pandemic plan

A pandemic plan is a documented strategy for business continuity in the event of a widespread outbreak of a dangerous infectious disease.

A pandemic plan should lay out how a business will continue to provide essential services through a sustained period with significant employee absenteeism. The plan should also specify measures for "non-pharmaceutical intervention," which means, essentially, how the business will minimize the risk of contagion among employees.

See also: pandemic planning

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Related glossary terms: change control, emergency management plan, business continuance (business continuity), call tree, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), business continuity software, business continuity plan audit, ISO 22301 (International Organization of Standardization standard 22301), business continuity action plan, network disaster recovery plan

This was last updated in March 2010

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