Response and Cleanup After a Tsunami
The following is a list of resources that may be helpful to persons in response and cleanup efforts for the recent Indian Ocean tsunamis.
Cleanup & Safety Guidelines
- Cleanup of Flood Water
- Worker Safety After a Flood: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunamis
- Protect Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Worker Fact Sheet: Pesticide Safety Guidance for Mixers, Loaders, & Applicators
- Animals & Mosquitoes After a Flood
Handling Human Remains
- Interim Health Recommendations for Workers who Handle Human Remains
CDC recommendations and other considerations…
- Disposing of Liquid Waste from Autopsies in Tsunami-Affected Areas
(239 KB/14 pages)
- Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situations
From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- MMWR: Health Concerns Associated with Disaster Victim Identification After a Tsunami—Thailand, Dec 26, 2004–Mar 31, 2005
MMWR 15 April 2005;54(14):349-352.
Additional Resources
- Response, Cleanup and Safety for Workers
List of emergency response resources for workers at natural disaster sites
- MMWR: Rapid Health Response, Assessment, & Surveillance After a Tsunami — Thailand, 2004–2005
MMWR 28 Jan 2005;54(03):61-64.
- Emergency Response Resources for Workers
- Epidemiologic Methods for Relief Operations
"Emergency Refugee Health Care: A Chronicle of Experience in the Khmer Refugee-Assistance Operation, 1979-1980" (published by CDC in 1984 to record the experience & lessons learned from applying epidemiologic principles to humanitarian relief efforts in the late 1970s & early 1980s)