Transportation Planning

General Airline and Travel Industry Guidance  

• Interim Guidance for Aircraft Cleaning When Pandemic Influenza is Suspected in a Passenger or Crew Member
  This document contains general guidelines for cleaning the cabin when an aircraft has carried a traveler who is suspected to have pandemic influenza.
• National Aviation Resource Manual for Quarantinable Diseases (PDF - 3.72 MB) (U.S. Department of Transportation)
  Manual for airlines, airports, federal response agencies and other first responders, local and state health departments. Outlines the response to and recovery from a quarantinable disease incident, including avian influenza, at a U.S. international airport.
• Travel Industry Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (PDF - 128.99 KB)
  This checklist is designed to aid travel industry personnel in preparing their business operations for a potential influenza pandemic.

General Transportation Industry Guidance  

• Interim Guidance for Cargo Trucking Crews for the Prevention of Pandemic Influenza
  Draft interim guidance meant to inform and educate cargo trucking management and crew personnel about precautions and appropriate work practices to minimize exposure and prevent workplace-related transmission of flu in the event of a pandemic.
• Interim Guidance for Cleaning Crew for a Truck Cab when the Driver or Helper is Visibly Ill during an Influenza Pandemic
  This document contains general guidelines for cleaning a truck cab after a truck arrives with a driver or helper suspected to have pandemic.
• Interim Guidance for Cleaning Passenger and Cargo Vessels during an Influenza Pandemic
  The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a basic framework of response.  This document is directed toward those individuals who are responsible for shipboard health and safety.
• Interim Guidance for Passenger Railcar (Transit Vehicle) Cleaning When Pandemic Influenza is Suspected in a Passenger or Crew Member
  This document contains general guidelines for cleaning a passenger rail car that has carried a traveler with a suspected case of pandemic influenza.
• Interim Guidance for Transit Station Cleaning During and Influenza Pandemic
  These guidelines provide recommendations to employees and employers for cleaning a transit station during an influenza pandemic.
• Interim Guidance for Cleaning International Port of Entry (IPOE) Detention Facilities When Pandemic Influenza is Suspected in a Detainee or Staff Member
  This document is meant for employees and managers responsible for cleaning an IPOE detention facility that has housed a detainee or employed a staff member with a suspected case of pandemic influenza.

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General Quarantine Information  

• Questions and Answers on the Executive Order Adding Potentially Pandemic Influenza Viruses to the List of Quarantinable Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
  Understand what the President's Executive Order says through a series of questions and answers.
• Quarantine Executive Order Amendment (E.O. 13295) (The White House)
  
  Read the President's Executive Order relating to certain influenza viruses and quarantinable communicable diseases.
• Legal Authorities for for Isolation and Quarantine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
  U. S. Federal Laws for Control of Communicable Diseases
• History of Quarantine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
  Learn about the history of quarantine in the United States, and how yellow fever and cholera epidemics prompted Federal legislation that began the shift of quarantine responsibilities from local and state governments to the federal government.

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H5N1 (Bird) Flu Guidance - Airline Industry  

The risk of avian influenza to travelers is very low. Only rare cases of human infection with avian influenza have occurred, and there has been no sustained human to human transmission. Travelers to areas affected by avian influenza in birds are not considered to be at elevated risk of infection unless direct and un-protected exposure to infected birds occurs. Map of confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza.

• Guidance for Airline Cleaning Crew, Maintenance Crew, and Baggage Package and Cargo Handlers for Airlines Returning from Areas Affected by Avian Influenza A (H5N1) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Discover precautions to be taken by Cleaning Crews and Personnel who handle baggage from commercial and cargo airlines when encountering airlines returning from areas affected by avian influenza.
• Guidance for Cleaning Aircraft Exteriors after Collisions with Birds in Avian Influenza A (H5N1)-Affected Areas (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Any potential risk of human exposure may be reduced by observing the cleaning recommendations in this guidance for when a bird has collided with an airplane taking off from, flying over, or landing in one of the H5N1-affected countries.
• Guidance for Airline Crews and Persons Meeting Passengers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Discover precautions to be taken by airline flight crews and personnel when meeting passengers suspected of having avian influenza.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Guidance - Airline and Travel Industries  

The following materials were developed for use during the 2009-2010 H1N1 (Swine Flu) influenza pandemic. On August 10, 2010, the World Health Organization declared an end to the global flu pandemic.

• Guidance for Airlines Regarding Flight Crews Arriving from Domestic and International Areas Affected by Novel H1N1 Flu
• Interim Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Guidance for Cruise Ships

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