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Pandemic H1N1 Flu Information for Medical Professionals

CA Pandemic H1N1 Flu Information for Health Professionals

CalPanFlu.org: Site to Order H1N1 Vaccine and Report Usage

Health Advisories

• Pan Flu Health Advisory #6 (12/16/09)
• Pan Flu Health Advisory #5 (12/9/09)
• Pan Flu Health Advisory #4 (11/30/09)
• Pan Flu Health Advisory #3 (11/19/09)
• Pan Flu Health Advisory #2 (11/9/09)
• Pan Flu Health Advisory #1(8/29/09)
• H1N1 Flu Health Advisory #6 (7/14/09)
• H1N1 Flu Health Advisory #5 (6/30/09)
• H1N1 Flu Health Advisory #3(5/9/09)
• H1N1 Flu Health Advisory #2
• H1N1 Flu Health Advisory #1

Provider Information

• Physician Guidance for Distributing Antiviral Medication
• List ofManufacturers who provide Respirator Masks
• Guidance for Infection Control for 2009 H1N1 Influenza in Health Care Settings (PDF) - CDPH and Cal/OSHA (2/14/10)
• The recommended exclusion period for health care personnel (HCP) with febrile respiratory illness is at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines, unless they work with severely immunocompromised patients.
• For HCP who work with severely immunocompromised patients and are returning to work after a febrile respiratory illness, consider temporary reassignment or exclusion from work for 7 days form symptom onset or until the resolution of symptoms, whichever is longer, unless absence of 2009 H1N1 viral RNA in respiratory secretions is documented by rRT-PCR. 

Reference Sheets

• Infection Control and Office Etiquette for H1N1 Flu (9/9/09)
• Laboratory Testing and Diagnosis of H1N1 Flu (9/9/09)

Patient Education

• Latest local Pandemic H1N1 flu information and downloadable materials
• Thimerosal fact sheet
• Waiting Room Disease Prevention Etiquette signage
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Key facts about swine flu: English and Spanish
• CDC Travel Advisory Information
• CDPH H1N1 Flu hotline: 1-888-865-0564. CDPH has activated a toll-free H1N1 (swine flu) hotline in English and Spanish. Assistance in other languages is also available.

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