Planning for Pandemics

Make Pandemic Planning a Top Priority

Protect your business against the economic consequences of an influenza pandemic - with systematic planning. Together with you, our experts can determine which measures should be put into action before, during, and after the pandemic. The result is a pandemic plan that complements your risk management and is tailored to the special requirements of your business. Even in the event of an epidemic, you stand to benefit from the preventive measures of your pandemic plan.

Benefits at a Glance

With a pandemic plan, drawn up with TÜV Rheinland’s occupational physicians, you:

  • Limit potential damage to your business with the help of preventive planning, and reduce business risks
  • Give your employees greater peace of mind and clear guidelines by making proper arrangements for the event of a pandemic
  • Get answers to environmental or technical questions too, as our network brings together experts from all areas of public health

Themes and Measures of our Pandemic Plans

Before the pandemic

  • Operational and personnel planning
  • Provision of hygiene materials
  • Communication and information

During the pandemic

  • Continuity of operations
  • Organizational measures for employees
  • Communication and information
  • Medical measures
  • Optional measures for relatives and expatriate workers

After the pandemic

  • Return to normal operations

Pandemics and Epidemics

A pandemic is a nationwide and intercontinental spread of an infectious disease. In contrast, an epidemic is limited to a specific region. In a flu epidemic between 10 and 20% of a population is infected. In the event of a pandemic, infection rates of up to 50% can be expected, as the pathogens can spread rapidly and globally. The risk of pandemics rises with increasing mobility and due to increasingly networked world trade, as viruses simply need to follow the routes to spread even faster.

Legal Standards

  • Occupational regulations, 1973 (Arbeitssicherheitsgesetz, ASIG)
  • Occupational health and safety regulations as implemented in the EC Directive on occupational safety and health from 1996, Robert-Koch-Institut, Pandemieplanung