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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, business continuance (business continuity), Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), ISO 22301 (International Organization of Standardization standard 22301), business continuity action plan, maximum tolerable period of disruption (MTPOD) , business impact analysis (BIA), data center resiliency

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