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Health Professionals

Overview

Health professionals will play a crucial role during a pandemic. Planning for pandemic influenza is key. The following checklists, toolkit, and guidelines will assist healthcare providers and service organizations in planning for a pandemic outbreak.

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Guidance

H1N1 Flu Clinical and Public Health Guidance (CDC )
The CDC's resource page containing clinical and public health guidance links.

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidelines for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers (Occupational Safety and Health Administration )
The Occupational Safety and Health Administrations guidelines for healthcare workers and employers.

Pandemic Flu Planning Guidance for MRC Units (Medical Reserve Corps )
Read about the Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Medical Reserve Corps Units that will be used to identify specific activities MRC units can do now to prepare for a Pandemic.

Actions for Novel H1N1 Influenza Planning and Response for Medical Offices and Outpatient Facilities (Flu.gov )

Abbreviated Pandemic Influenza Plan template for Primary Care Provider Offices: Guidance for Stakeholders (CDC )

Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation (Flu.gov )

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Planning Guides

Pandemic Influenza Plan (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services )
A planning guide for healthcare professionals.

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Toolkit

Pandemic Influenza Information for Health Professionals (CDC )
This toolkit provides resources and information for clinicians to use in discussing pandemic influenza with patients and providing care in case of a flu pandemic in the United States.

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Checklists

Hospital Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (Flu.gov )
Checklist for hospitals to help prepare for a pandemic.

Home Health Care Services Checklist (Flu.gov ) [En Espanol] ()
This checklist identifies specific steps that home health care service providers can take now to prepare for a pandemic.

Hospital Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (Flu.gov )
Checklist for hospitals to help prepare for a pandemic.

Emergency Medical Service and Non-Emergent (Medical) Transport Organizations Pandemic Influenza Checklist (Flu.gov )
EMS and medical transport organizations can use this checklist to help prepare for a pandemic.

Long-Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (Flu.gov )
The checklist identifies key areas: a structure for planning and decision making, and a written plan with subplans.

Medical Offices and Clinics Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (Flu.gov )
Specific steps are outlined in this checklist that medical offices and clinics, including outpatient care clinics, can take to prepare for a pandemic.

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Infection Control

Please check back; infection control information is coming soon.

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Treatment

Health Professional Resources (Flu.gov )
For up to date and comprehensive treatment information from Flu.gov, view the lists within the H1N1 Guidance section for specific professional groups.

Treatment (Antiviral Drugs) (CDC )

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Vaccine Info

H1N1 Vaccine - Dose Spacing and Administration with Seasonal Influenza and Other Vaccines (Flu.gov )

H1N1 Vaccine - Dose Spacing for Children 6 Months through 9 Years of Age (Flu.gov )

Updated Guidance for the Use of CSL™ 2009 H1N1 Monovalent Vaccine (Flu.gov )

H1N1 Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine Dosage Chart (CDC )

Vaccine Information for Clinicians and Health Care Professionals (CDC )

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Reporting

Influenza surveillance summaries for 2009-2010 Columbus & Franklin County Seasonal Influenza Activity (Communicable Disease Reporting System )

2009 H1N1 Flu: Situation Update provides the most up to date influenza activity reports, including FluView (CDC )

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