H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Preparedness Tools for Professionals

This page provides resources to help hospital administrators and state and local health officials respond to the H1N1 flu pandemic.

H1N1 Related Tools

• Software: Impact2009 v 1.0
  Impact2009 is a spreadsheet-based program to estimate the human health burden of 2009 H1N1 influenza in a population by adjusting the number of reported laboratory-confirmed cases for several sources of under-detection.
• Software: FluAid Special Edition
• This newly adapted FluAid is a spreadsheet-based software program that is designed to assist states and local level planners with estimating the state level impact of 2009 H1N1 Influenza.
• Software: FluSurge Special Edition
• This newly adapted FluSurge Special Edition is a spreadsheet-based software program that provides hospital administrators and public health officials’estimates of the surge demand for hospital-based services during a 2009 H1N1 Influenza event.
• Software FluWorkLoss Special Edition
• This newly adapted FluWorkLoss Special Edition is a spreadsheet-based software program that estimates the potential number of days lost from work due to an influenza pandemic, specifically H1N1 Influenza A.

Pandemic Flu Related Tools

• Software: CommunityFlu 1.0
  CommunityFlu is a software program that simulates the spread of influenza through a model community, and the impact of a variety of potential interventions.
• Software: FluSurge 2.0
  FluSurge is a spreadsheet-based model that provides hospital administrators & public health officials with estimates of the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the next flu pandemic.
• Software: FluAid 2.0
  FluAid is designed to assist state and local level planners in preparing for the next influenza pandemic by providing estimates of potential impact specific to their locality.
• FluLabSurge 1.0
  FluLabSurge is a spreadsheet-based program designed to assist laboratory directors forecast demand for specimen testing during the next influenza pandemic (i.e., the surge in demand), and develop response plans.
• Software: FluWorkLoss 1.0
  FluWorkLoss estimates the potential number of days lost from work due to an influenza pandemic.

Supplemental Resources

• FluSurge and FluAid Q & A
• Instructions to Estimate the Potential Impact of the Next Influenza Pandemic Upon Locale Y
  Includes basic instructions for the software programs FluAid and FluSurge as well as a template of a draft report