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Guidance documents

Surveillance

• Slide set: The Second Wave of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza in Washington State, 2009
  Posted:  February 2, 2010     Document format:  PDF (1.5MB)

• Interim Guidance: Reporting Influenza Infections in Washington State
  Posted:  October 21, 2009
• Emergency Rule effective January 15, 2010:  Hospitals and healthcare providers required to report laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths
  Posted:  January 19, 2010     Effective immediately
• Emergency Rule effective September 18, 2009:  Hospitals and healthcare providers required to report laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths
  Posted:  September 18, 2009     Effective immediately
• DOH Influenza Case Report Form (PHIMS) 
  Updated: October 26, 2009     Document format:  PDF
• CDC Supplemental Pregnancy Form
  Posted:  October 26, 2009     Document format:  PDF

• CDC Influenza-Associated Pediatric Death Case Report Form 
  Updated September 9, 2009

• Slide set:  "Characteristics of Pandemic H1N1 (PanH1) Influenza Virus Cases in Washington, 2009"
  Updated October 6, 2009

• Interim 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Guidance for Medical Examiners
  Updated: May 6, 2009     Document format:  PDF

Laboratory

• CDC Interim Recommendations for Clinical Use of Influenza Diagnostic Tests During the 2009-10 Influenza Season
  Updated:  September 29, 2009
• 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Testing at the Washington State Public Health Laboratories (PHL)
  Updated: January 26, 2010     Document format:  PDF 
• Testing Algorithm for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus at the Washington State Public Health Laboratories (PHL)   Document format:  PDF 
  Updated: September 16, 2009    
• 2009 H1N1 PHL Virology Specimen Submission Form
  Updated September 11, 2009
• Influenza Virus H1N1 (Swine-like) and the Clinical Laboratory - FREE webcast available 24/7 through November 13, 2009
  Updated: May 14, 2009
• CDC H1N1 Influenza Virus Biosafety Guidelines for Laboratory Workers
  Updated: May 13, 2009

Health care system (for health care providers, including EMS)

• CDC Updated Interim Recommendations for the Use of Antiviral Medications in the Treatment and Prevention of Influenza for the 2009-2010 Season
• CDC Infection Control Guidance, Summary
  Updated:  December 22, 2009

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