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H1N1 (Swine Flu) Resources for Physicians
Memo from Dr. Keith English, Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the presence of a novel swine influenza virus (S-OIV) in the U.S. As you know, yesterday we had the first report of a probable, but NOT yet confirmed case, in the Memphis area. CDC has set up a (frequently updated) swine influenza website at www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
Based on currently available information (please note that more information is accumulating rapidly), the CDC recommends that patients with suspected or confirmed S-OIV infection be managed in the same manner as patients with suspected or confirmed seasonal influenza. Thus, the criteria that parents should use to determine when to contact their physician’s office or take their children to be evaluated in a physician’s office, clinic or emergency department are the same today as they were a week ago or three months ago.
Read the complete memo that includes Interim Infection Guidelines and Testing Procedures.
QUICK REFERENCE
Pedi-Flite
901-522-9999 or
888-899-9355
Referral and Resource Center
901-287-PEDS or
866-870-5570
Transfer Center
901-287-4408
888-899-9355
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