Contingency Plans to educe Cryptosporidium ate
Shadyville, Sunnydale's neighboring town, has reported an incident rate of 10 new cases in every 100,000 residents for cryptosporidiosis. As a result, the residents have two contingency plans that could assist in probably reducing the rate of cryptosporidium. The first contingency plan involves the removal of pathogenic microorganisms in the area's water system, which will decrease the influenza rate to four new incidents every year. In contrast, the second plan focuses on completely protecting the population against influenza though the mandated, innovative antidote would make participants become extremely lethargic and unable to function for 7 days.
The implementation of a suitable contingency plan to lessen cryptosporidium rate requires extensive analysis of each option on the basis of health outcomes. This process would entail making considerable economic evaluations as well as cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cost-utility analysis. For the residents of Shadyville, there are three different…...
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-Does the institution have evacuation and relocation plans, alternative sites selected, and arrangements and agreements with these places in the event of natural disasters?
- Does the institution have a plan to operate the institution with reduced staffing levels should a natural disaster make it necessary to do so?
-Does the institution have an emergency staff services (ESS) program in place to respond to staff and staff family needs in the event of a natural disaster?
- Has the institution planned for operating for an extended period without contact or assistance from outside in the event of a natural disaster?
- Is the institution prepared to maintain security and essential services, in the event of loss of power or other utilities, for as long as 72 hours?
-Does the institution have a 3-day supply of potable water onsite or at an alternate site?
-Does the institution have a 3-day supply of food that could be used…...
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The company enjoyed spectacular growth and profitability under the leadership of its former chief executive officer, Herb Kelleher, and the company's current leadership has picked up where Kelleher left off by continuing his corporate vision for Southwest but in expanded ways. The question therefore remains whether Southwest has bitten off more than it can reasonably chew given that its track record of success is built on the original business model and focused on domestic service using one aircraft model only. By following the steps outlined above, though, Southwest stands a better chance of succeeding in these uncharted waters.
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Haas, W. (2007, February 2). How Southwest Airlines plans for success. Yahoo! News Network.
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Hanlan, M. (2004). High performance teams: How to make them work. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Harris, C. (2002). Hyperinnovation:…...
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Haas, W. (2007, February 2). How Southwest Airlines plans for success. Yahoo! News Network.
Retrieved from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/134537/how_southwest_airlines_plans_for_success_pg2.html?cat=3 .
Hanlan, M. (2004). High performance teams: How to make them work. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Personal Technology Contingency Plan
With nearly every aspect of modern life dependent on electronic devices, there has never been a more important time to have a personal technology contingency plan. Smartphones and their many contacts, applications and customized options often represent hundreds of hours of time invested in getting them configured to a person's specific preferences. Multiply this by the number of devices and laptops that many people are relying on in their lives and to do their jobs, and the impact of losing all this data can readily be seen. It would bring anyone's life to a screeching halt and lead to days of chaos as the information, applications and specific settings were regenerated from memory. Too often human memory and effort is the default technology contingency plan (Young-Jai, 2001).
The most common scenarios that lead to lost data include lost or stolen devices, corrupted data and disk storage on systems,…...
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Omega esearch Contingency Plan
The case study provides the contingency plan for the Omega esearch. Omega esearch a rapidly growing consulting and research company with head office in eston, VA. The company has currently lost data worth of $500,000, and the contingency plan provides the data backup strategy that include offsite and onsite storage systems in order to prevent lost of data. The paper identifies the remote backup data strategy such as Cloud technology for the protection of the Omega esearch critical data. Typically, the Cloud technology is increasingly popular in the contemporary IT environment and the application of the technology for the offsite storage system will assist the company to prevent critical the data loss.
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This document consists of contingency plan for the Omega esearch information systems to protect the company from data loss that may result from man-made and natural disasters. The document is intended to serve as a repository…...
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Swanson, M. Bowen, P. Philips, D. et al. (2010).Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems. NIST Special Publication. U.S. Department of Commerce.
New York State firefighting history is a microcosm of early and modern disaster preparedness.
Definition of disaster in the historic era and modern era.
Early historical facts.
The need for uninterrupted communication.
Response to needs.
Advent of the Internet.
New needs, new responses.
orthiness of Disaster Recovery and Contingency Plans for keeping communications flowing smoothly.
The overall importance of communication.
The firefighting department of New York City, generally considered to be the first of organized efforts to combat community disasters, can be seen as a microcosm of the country, reflecting the impact that information technology has had on disaster recovery and contingency plans. hile the technological growth and development might have been gradual during the initial stages, growth has now matured into a state of extraordinary sophistication.
Because disasters - whether confined to a single individual or felt by an entire community - are by definition chaotic and confusing, the timely transmittal of pertinent information is of key importance. Three…...
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Education of Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients Concerning the Use of Phosphorus Binder in Lieu of Dialysis during Emergencies
Clinical Leadership heme:
he clinical leadership competency/role and/or magnetism thread that is the framework for this project requires effective transformational leadership practices that can motivate all stakeholders to become educated concerning the use of phosphorus binders in lieu of dialysis (Cook, 2004).
Patient: Hemodialysis-dependent patients
Intervention: EDUCAE and train to use phosphorus binder
Comparison: in lieu of no hemodialysis treatment during power outage or emergency
successful return demonstration of how and when to use phosphorus binders
ime: 80% of 99 patients educated by August 30, 2015.
Project overview:
his project involves training selected clinical staff members to provide educational support services to hemodialysis-dependent patients concerning the use of a phosphorus binding drug, Renagel to prepare them for the event of an emergency situation when dialysis services are unavailable.
AIM statement: he AIM statement that will guide this initiative is as follows: By August…...
mlaThe starting dose of Renvela is one to two 800-mg tablets three times per day with meals. The dosage should be adjusted by one tablet per meal in two-week intervals as needed to obtain serum phosphorus target (3.5 to 5.5 mg/dl).
When administering an oral medication for which a reduction in bioavailability would have a clinically significant effect on its safety or efficacy, the drug should be administered at least one hour before or three hours after Renvela.
Most frequently occurring adverse reactions for Renvela in a short-term study included nausea and vomiting. Cases of fecal impaction and, less commonly, ileus, bowel obstruction, and bowel perforation have been reported (Beyrazov, 2009).
isk Assessment and Project Quality Planning
A review of the events thus far
The review is showing that the greatest threats are from terrorism and natural disasters. These have the potential to devastate the local economy and negatively impact first responders. To deal with them requires everyone thinking proactively. This is accomplished by understanding the role of the different stakeholders and coordinating them with each other. Once this takes place, is the point the various events can be controlled and the underlying amounts of collateral damage is mitigated. In these cases, local officials must be prepared to work with the private sector, nonprofits and citizens to decrease the risks. This means that they must establish a chain of command, procedures for identifying critical challenges and techniques for adjusting with a host of contingencies. The state will play a secondary role by providing additional support and funding. During and after the disaster, this…...
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Key challenge in any contingency planning and risk assessment process is to generate and maintain commitment and participation in the process from senior decision-makers and those at the working level within organizations, keeping the process dynamic and up-to-date is another key challenge, too often contingency plans and risk assessment processes have been 'consigned to the shelf' after the initial planning has been completed.
Therefore to be truly effective, contingency planning and risk assessment processes need to be seen as an ongoing processes that are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure all participants are familiarized with their various roles and responsibilities and preparedness actions are undertaken. Coordination mechanisms should be put in place to ensure that cluster/sector participants are also fully briefed to avoid wasting time 'reinventing the wheel'. Also ensure that organizations are committed to the contingency planning process from the outset and that the necessary resources, both human and…...
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Integrated Emergency Management
In the last several years, the concept of integrated emergency management has been continually evolving. This is taking place by focusing on how communities, businesses and government officials are prepared for a host of events ranging from natural disasters to terrorism. In 2007, the UK experienced a series of floods between June and July. This was the largest peace time rescue operation in the history of Britain. (Flin 2008)
However, in the aftermath of these events, the government determined that more preparation needs to occur. To fully understand how these issues were addressed, requires looking at the shortcomings of the flood and what changes have been enacted. Together, these elements will illustrate the lasting lessons and the most appropriate steps to prepare for them. (Flin 2008)
Main Body
The Shortcomings of the Flood
The situation with the 2007 floods in the UK is showing how integrated emergency management must take place. This…...
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planned a driving trip to another state or across the country? How did you begin that plan? Did you start with your destination in mind, consider what time you wanted to make it to that point, then plan your entire trip around that deadline? Did you consider how your trip companions like to travel, or did you simply push forward with what you wanted to do? Did you make a contingency plan in case you ran into difficulty along the way? How important was it to consider interesting sites along the way or your need to rest if you got tired? Your dissertation plan should contain some of the same elements that a well-planned road trip would entail. In this Discussion you develop a concrete plan to begin your dissertation. While plans are living documents that adapt and change, the ability to see the process laid out before you…...
Contingency Planning
Information Security contingency plans are very important for firms operating in today's world, where cyber security is a top issue a result of business's technological and digital dependence. This paper will discuss the planning steps, possible recovery options, and recommended testing requirements needed to support a successful business contingency/continuity of operations environment. Included will be recommendations for a proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan, what should be tested and how the test should be conducted. Critical corporate assets will be ranked with the type of testing (i.e. plan reviews, tabletop exercises and backup recovery tests). Costs associated with the recommended testing process will also be taken into consideration, including personnel, equipment and production costs.
Planning Steps
Step 1 is to examine the organization of the IS department. An IS department should be organized in order to guard against an attack, blackout or any other natural or man-made disaster that can…...
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Management of isk
Mitigating isk
Actually, there are a number of different ways that one can answer the interrogative from the CEO about whether risk elimination is possible. Those different approaches involve everything from the philosophical to the pragmatic. However, since it is a CEO that will receive this answer, it is probably more advisable to issue an answer from the latter branch of thought, while merely alluding to some of the tenets of the former. isk always exists because of the nature of the world, which in itself is unpredictable and offers no guarantees. To that end, the most vigilant organizations are able to mitigate risk and reduce the likelihood of any disadvantageous occurrences. It is virtually impossible to outright eradicate any possibility of risk, particularly when considering various information technology systems associated with data management and computer networking, for the simple fact that new threats and new possibilities of…...
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The authors state: "The amphetamines occasioned dose-related increases in d- amphetamine-appropriate responding, whereas hydromorphone did not. Amphetamines also occasioned dose-related increases in reports of the drug being most like "speed," whereas hydromorphone did not. However, both amphetamines and hydromorphone occasioned dose-related increases in reports of drug liking and in three scales of the ARCI. Thus, some self-report measures were well correlated with responding on the drug-appropriate lever and some were not. Lamb and Henningfield (1994) suggest that self-reports are complexly controlled by both the private event and the subject's history of experience with the drug. Some of the self-reports they observed (e.g., feels like speed) are probably occasioned by a relatively narrow range of stimuli because in the subject's experience with drug administration, these reports have been more selectively reinforced by the verbal community relative to other reports (e.g., drug liking). They also suggest that these results imply that…...
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Treme
Explain your plan for dealing with risk by developing a contingency plan
The risk embedded within the overall market is that of uncertain macroeconomic factors and their overall implications on consumer confidence. Unemployment remains stubbornly high at 7.7%. Unemployment has never seen these levels since the great depression (Beaudreau, 1996). Median incomes in the United States have fallen from $51,000 prior to 2008 to a now more modest $48,000 (DeNavas, 2012). During this period however, commodity prices have increased. The prices of gas, food, utilities, and rent have all increased over the past 5 years. This puts a strain on consumer confidence and consumer spending. This affects Treme as the restaurant relies on the discretionary income of individual customers to generate profit. As such a contingency plan is warranted in the event of adverse economic circumstances. The main sources of risk for the company will be changing consumer sentiments, and adverse…...
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Crisis management refers to many things, but in a business context it specifically refers to how a firm identifies threats to both the business and its stakeholders and how the organization deals with the threats. Many large organizations have crisis management plans, but smaller businesses should have them as well, since it is entirely possible for small businesses to be impacted by crisis scenarios. The possible negative outcomes of these types of crisis range from a decline in revenue all the way to the total loss of the company. This is of....
Creating a business plan for a podcast is a great step towards structuring and professionalizing your project. Here's a guide to help you draft an effective business plan:
1. The Role of Communication in Crisis Management
2. The Importance of Preparing a Crisis Management Plan
3. Case Study: Successfully Managing a Crisis in a Business or Organization
4. Crisis Management in the Digital Age: How Social Media Impacts Response
5. Ethical Considerations in Crisis Management
6. The Psychological Impact of Crisis on Individuals and Organizations
7. Lessons Learned from Failed Crisis Management Strategies
8. Crisis Management in Healthcare: Addressing Pandemics and Natural Disasters
9. Crisis Management in Government: Balancing Transparency and Security
10. Crisis Management in Public Relations: Rebuilding Trust and Reputation after a Crisis.
11. Crisis Management in the....
Information systems play a critical role in supply chain management by providing real-time data and analytics that help businesses optimize their operations, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Here are some key ways in which information systems are used:
1. Inventory Management: Information systems track inventory levels, monitor stock movements, and provide alerts when stock levels are running low. This helps businesses avoid stockouts, reduce excess inventory, and optimize their replenishment cycles.
2. Supplier Relationship Management: Information systems enable businesses to build and maintain strong relationships with their suppliers by providing visibility into supplier performance, quality, and delivery times. This allows businesses to....
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