January 15, 2007 Tips for pandemic flu preparedness available to public health agencies Source: NYSUT Health and Safety Newsletter LINK: www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/states/tr319.html This report presents a fully customizable template for a tabletop exercise for pandemic influenza preparedness that can be used by state and local health agencies and their health care and government partners as an exercise in training, building relationships and evaluation. They were pilot-tested at three metropolitan-area local public health agencies in three separate states from August through November 2005.