Swine flu (H1N1) continues to gather pace stealthily around the world as I write this.  Whilst the symptoms of the illness and the numbers of cases remain well below the usual winter flu statistics, there is increasing concern that this virus will develop into the pandemic strain that we have been preparing for.

At home our preparations are in good shape.  We’ve got plenty of medication in the house and basic foodstuffs that can be simply prepared if we are ill.  We’ve also embedded the “catch it, kill it, bin it” slogan into the kids so they understand the importance of personal hygiene.

At work we have practiced a daily reporting process for confirming who is available for work, who is ill and who is on leave.  We’ve also developed a capability dashboard based on the MEDIC theme.