Elements and Performance Criteria
- Initiate data gathering for quick assessment
- Liaise with stakeholders to gain consent for quick assessment to occur, in accordance with operational policies
- Determine factors affecting complexity of quick assessment
- Obtain information on life cycle of disease outbreak using appropriate data collection methods in accordance with operational procedures
- Task and provide guidance to persons assisting with quick assessment to enable them to assist independently
- Conduct environmental measurements and testing to support quick assessment
- Analyse epidemiologic data
- Construct a chronology of events to identify initial causative incident
- Analyse causative incident/s to identify nature of disease causing outbreak, in accordance with operational procedures
- Analyse epidemiologic data to identify disease spread and to classify disease outbreak proportions
- Compare factors relating to disease outbreak to treatment information and organisation’s response to the disease outbreak in accordance with operational procedures
- Contact relevant specialist authorities to seek expert advice to aid with assessment of disease, as required
- Report assessment findings and implement disease control measures
- Gain relevant stakeholder approval for assessment findings
- Identify relevant control measures that specifically address factors relating to disease outbreak in accordance with operational procedures
- Record and communicate assessment findings and control measures with relevant stakeholders
- Conduct a control measure lesson learned activity to support wider environmental health support plan