Aug. 27, 2026

Quote of the Week

 You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

-Sammy Davis Jr.

Future Meetings

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Resources

Ebola

The Department of Public Health (DPH) offers answers to your Ebola questions.

State Epidemiologist

24-hour access to a State Epidemiologist: 1-866-PUB-HLTH.

CDC Information

Visit www.cdc.gov to stay up to date on current information.

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) Visit to access mental health services.

SAMHSA: Preventing Suicide

Visit the suicide prevention resource page.

988 Lifeline

Call or Text 988 for crisis care and support 24 hours a day.

Region N Welcomes New Coalition Coordinator

Jessica Williams has joined the Region N Healthcare Coalition as its new coordinator. She can be reached at jessica.williams7@wellstar.org, 470-793-5172 (o), or 404-604-8765 (c).

Georgia Project Firstline

Celebrate Environmental Services (EVS) Week in September. Honor your EVS healthcare workers who keep our healthcare facilities safe and clean. Project Firstline partner American Hospital Association has free, easily understandable online training for EVS frontline healthcare workers. 

Cyclosporiasis Cases in the U.S. Climbs to 17,180

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 17,180 confirmed cases of ​cyclosporiasis in the United States, an increase ‌of 1,464 cases from a week ago. The data includes the cases reported in the ongoing multistate outbreak linked to recalled iceberg ​lettuce, the CDC says, adding that it is investigating ​multiple clusters of cyclosporiasis.

Elevating Cybersecurity: Effective Threat Intelligence for Large-Scale Healthcare IT

Large healthcare organizations face mounting cyber threats while managing complex IT environments that span electronic health records, connected medical devices, legacy systems and cloud applications.  Finding the best threat intelligence platform for enterprise healthcare requires solutions that reduce noise, automate analysis and deliver actionable insights without adding to operational complexity. 

RECALLS

• B. Braun Medical Inc. Issues Voluntary North American Recall of Excel® Lactated Ringers Injection, 1000mL Due to the Presence of Particulate Matter

• Baxter Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall for One Lot of 70% Dextrose Injection Due to Potential Presence of Particulate Matter

• Baxter Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall for One Lot of Anticoagulant Sodium Citrate Solution Due to Potential Presence of Particulate Matter
  

• Exotique Foods Inc Recalls Momchipz Veggie Chips Broccoli Florets & Cauliflower Due to Undeclared Gluten

• The Better Bakehouse Snack Company is Recalling Certain Lots of Donutful Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Cake Donuts to Undeclared Milk Allergen
  
• Vitruvias Therapeutics, Inc Issues Nationwide Recall of One Lot of Thyroid Tablets, USP 30 mg Due to Potential Super Potency
  

NEWSLETTERS

ASPR Health Care Readiness Bulletin - Aug. 24

ASPR HPH Sector Highlights (Cybersecurity) - Aug. 24

Georgia Weekly Influenza Report - Week 32

MESH Weekly Situational Awareness Brief - Aug. 21

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Aug. 27

News and Notes - Aug. 21

EDUCATION

Emergency Preparedness Systems Training:

Everbridge Training

GHC911 Training

Disaster Mental Health Field Response Training

Oct. 8 - Registration

Georgia Infection Prevention Collaborative Webinar Series

Sept. 24 - Preparing for the 2026-2027 Viral Respiratory Season: An Overview of Influenza and RSV Surveillance

National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

Dec. 1-3

Region A PFL Education

Infection Prevention in ASCs: Elevating Standards, Reducing Risk - Sept. 29

RESOURCES AND REMINDERS

Reminder: Identify, Isolate and Inform!

Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continue to 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) 

The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.

ONLINE PREPAREDNESS TOOLS

GHC911

Go to the GHC911 homepage

WebEOC

Add your facility to WebEOC.

Everbridge

Sign up for an Everbridge account.

Accessing Tech Support

Selelia Jiles is GHA's Emergency Preparedness Communications Manager. Contact her at sjiles@gha.org, 770-249-4506 (office) or 404-200-5829 (cell).

If you need to reach GHA for a Disaster/Emergency Preparedness-related issue after hours, please contact Mallory Garrett, 706-934-0711.

The Disaster Readiness Line Newsletter is circulated by Georgia's Healthcare Coalitions to our emergency preparedness partners.