Health Care Professionals' Influenza Info

Welcome to the Health Care Professional's Influenza Web Page (Please click on a link for more information)

Avian Flu Testing and Reporting to Health

Adenovirus 14 Information

Seasonal Influenza and Related Items

Antivirals (advice from CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/antiviral/index.htm

CDC Health Advisory (Pediatric co-infections w staph and influenza): http://www2a.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNum=00268

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Added 1/2008 Reporting a Pediatric Death click here for help and form

State of Wisconsin

Added 2/12/07 Guidance from DHFS about Reporting Pediatric Death click here for guidance

Latest Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene Weekly Virus updates (Text Summary and Charts) as well as other graphs and info available at: www.slh.wisc.edu/labupdates/

Looking for educational info, posters about covering coughs? They are posted on the main flu page (click here to return to the MHD Flu page)
MHD Influenza Vaccine Clearinghouse
Information, including the MHD Vaccine Clearinghouse, will be posted on a link from this page as (if) it becomes available.

Avian Influenza Testing and Reporting

DHFS requests enhanced surveillance and reporting related to Avian Influenza: The State of Wisconsin Department of Health issues regular reports requesting surveillance for and reporting of Avian Influenza. Please refer to this document: Avian Influenza (12-28-07) Surveillance and also one from 2005 alerting health care providers of a 24-hour time limit for samples. Click here to see the current (3/23/07) Lab Form and here for current (1/9/06) Shipping Instructions . Click here for the 1/9/06 Novel Virus Report Form and here for recent (2/8/08) advice from DHFS

State of Wisconsin Pandemic Flu Plan

Avian Influenza Infection Control
Please check here for the latest guidance from the CDC www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/professional/index.htm about Avian Influenza surveillance and infection control in general. For further information, current case counts, visit the WHO Avian Influenza Page: www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/

Adenovirus Information from CDC

Fact Sheet:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/respiratory/ead-ad14-factsht.htm

MMWR Report:

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5645a1.htm

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