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Title: | ASID (H1CS1G) position statement: infection control guidelines for patients with influenza-like illnesses, including pandemic (H1N1) influenza 2009, in Australian health care facilities | Contributor(s): | Stuart, Rhonda L (author); Cheng, Allen C (author); Marshall, Caroline L (author); Ferguson, John (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6037 | Abstract: | The emergence of the novel pandemic (H1N1) 2009 strain has had a significant impact on Australian health care facilities. At the start of the pandemic, there was uncertainty about the modes of transmission. Infection control measures were designed to protect the vulnerable against a disease in which transmissibility was reported as substantially higher than that of seasonal influenza. Initial evidence from animal transmission studies has now shown comparable transmissibility between the pandemic and seasonal strains. On 17 June 2009, the Australian Government announced a new pandemic response phase — "Protect" — and issued a new technical annex to the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI) for this phase. This annex included updated infection control advice replacing some of the recommendations in the original AHMPPI Interim infection control guidelines for pandemic influenza in healthcare and community settings 2006. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Medical Journal of Australia, 191(8), p. 454-458 | Publisher: | Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety 111716 Preventive Medicine |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920407 Health Protection and/or Disaster Response 920404 Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) 920412 Preventive Medicine |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-resources/promotion-resources?lid=16654 http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/191_08_191009/fer10972_fm.pdf |
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