Emerging Diseases: 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Health Providers
On this page:
- General Info
- Case Definition
- Guidance for Specific Populations
- Guidance for Specific Settings
- Health Alerts
- Patient Information and Education
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Healthcare Workers
- Testing and Laboratory Specimen Guidance
- Treatment Guidance
- Vaccine
General Info
2009 H1N1 Flu: Situation Update posted 10/8/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
H1N1 Clinicians Questions and Answers posted 10/8/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Case Definition
Interim Guidance on Case Definitions to be Used For Investigations
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Guidance for Specific Populations
CDC Guidance for for Infection Control Measures in Healthcare Settings posted 10/15/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Q & A: Use of Antiviral Medicines for the Treatment and Prevention of Flu among Pregnant Women posted 9/30/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC Guidance for Obstetric Healthcare Providers Related to Use of Antiviral Medications posted 9/22/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC Guidance for Care to Pregnant Women
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Interim Guidance-HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
H1N1 Flu Clinical and Public Health Guidance
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Guidance for Specific Settings
Updated Recommendations for Health Care Settings (pdf) posted 8/24/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
10 Steps You Can Take: Planning for Medical Offices and Outpatient Facilities posted 8/24/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Considerations in Obstetric Settings
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Alerts
See "For Providers: Health Alerts from Sonoma County Public Health."
CDPH 8/13 Health Alert (pdf) posted 8/19/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
Health Alert Update for Healthcare Providers and Clinicians (pdf) posted 7/22/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
Patient Information and Education
See "For the Community" and "For Health Educators" webpages.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Healthcare Workers
OSHA Medical Questionnaire (pdf) posted 9/22/09
Template: Policy for Redonning N95 Respirators (pdf) posted 9/22/09
CalOSHA Enforcement Policy on H1N1 (Aerosol Transmissable Diseases). (pdf) updated 9/30/09
Testing and Laboratory Specimen Guidance
Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory Guidelines for Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Testing (pdf) updated 9/22/09
Source: Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory.
Laboratory Clearance Testing and Submission of Laboratory Specimens for Secondary Bacterial Infections posted 9/10/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Specimen Submittal requisition form (pdf) posted 8/19/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
Interim Guidance for the Detection of Novel Influenza A Virus Using Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Treatment Guidance
Quick Facts for Clinicians on Antiviral Treatments posted 11/10/09 
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tamiflu Package Insert: Compounding Instructions (pg. 19) (pdf) posted 11/3/09
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Influenza Season Triage Algorithm for Adults (>18 Years) With Influenza-Like Illness (pdf) posted 10/8/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Information for Pharmacists posted 9/30/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Includes updated pediatric antiviral dosing syringe and compounding information, guidance for compounding oseltamivir on-site, and possible impacts to supplies and availability of antiviral medications and other materials that may be needed to fill prescriptions.
Recommendations for the Use of Antiviral Medications posted 9/23/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Letter of Authorization Re: Tamiflu Oral Suspension (pdf) posted 9/22/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fact Sheet for Providers: Emergency Use Authorization of Tamiflu (pdf) posted 9/22/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fact Sheet for Patients and Parents: Emergency Use Authorization of Tamiflu (pdf) reposted 9/22/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Emergency Use Authorization of Tamiflu (oseltamivir)
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
H1N1 Vaccine and Thimerosal Exemption: Physician Notification (pdf) posted 10/19/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
H1N1 Vaccine and Thimerosal Exemption: To Interested Parties (pdf) posted 10/19/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
Vaccine Information Statement (VIS): Inactivated 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine (En Espanol) (pdf) posted 10/8/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine Information Statement (VIS): Live, Intranasal 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine (En Espanol) (pdf)posted 10/8/09
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pandemic H1N1 Vaccine Website posted 9/4/09
Source: California Department of Public Health.
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