Seminar 25 -- SARS, MERS, Ebola, COVID-19: How to Prepare for the Next Epidemic

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The recent COVID-19 outbreak has again pushed the REAL concern regarding infectious diseases into the forefront of the public’s mind. Media, both new and old, are rife with frightening stories that are causing events to be cancelled months in advance. Facilities that have not been designed with resilience in mind are potentially part of the problem. Design professionals need guidelines and strategies to prepare facilities for a major infectious disease event, how to operate through the event, and then to sustain operations afterwards ensuring the safety of its occupants.

• 1. SARS and COVID-19: Responses to the Outbreaks and How They Worked
  Stephanie Taylor, M.D., Member, Harvard Medical School, Infection Control Consultant, Boston, MA
• 2. Engineering Controls for Infectious Diseases
  William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
• 3. Assessment and Planning for Epidemics: What Makes a Facility Resilient to Outbreaks?
  Traci Hanegan, P.E., HFDP, Fellow ASHRAE, Coffman Engineers, Spokane, WA