This year's theme, Preparedness Starts at Home, focuses on getting back to the essentials of preparedness. There are four key actions you can take to prepare for any disaster you may face: know your risk, make a family emergency plan, build an emergency supply kit, and get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies. Your local coalition partners are available to assist with any information that you may need to prepare.
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) informed GHA that the state's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 1135 waiversfor Hurricane Helene will expire Sept. 18. This is in conjunction with the expiration of the Hurricane Helene public health emergency (PHE) previously renewedon June 21 that expires on Sept. 10. DCH is available to answer questions and concerns.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is alerting healthcare providers to two detections of measles found in sewage samples through routine wastewater testing. The positive samples were collected on Aug. 18 and Aug. 26 from a wastewater treatment plant in the North Metro Atlanta Area. The detection of measles in wastewater does not represent an official measles case, and this comes at a time when no active measles infections have been reported in Georgia.
In response to a recall initiated by Latitude 36 Foods, LLC., Taylor Fresh Foods is voluntarily recalling the Taylor Farms Honey Balsamic Salad Kit 6/8.3oz. because it may contain undeclared sesame and soy allergens. People with a sesame and soy allergy or severe sensitivity run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.
Unichem Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Tablets USP 10 mg to the consumer level. The Cyclobenzaprine 10mg (90ct) label was inadvertently placed on a bottle containing Meloxicam 7.5 mg tablets. For patients who unknowingly take Meloxicam, there is a reasonable probability of serious adverse events, including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, anaphylaxis, and skin reactions.
Green Lumber Holding, LLC is alerting consumers that counterfeit products misrepresented as genuine Green Lumber have been identified and may pose health risks. This alert follows testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which detected tadalafil, an undeclared prescription drug, in products labeled as Green Lumber. Tadalafil is not an ingredient in any authentic Green Lumber product.
Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continueto ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)
TheTravel Clinical Assistantprovides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.
Violent Actors and Cyber Criminals Threaten Emergency Services Sector
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis sent anassessmentof threats to the Emergency Services Sector— police, firefighters, and other first responders— from violent extremists, other physical threat actors, or malicious cyber actors.
