Swine Flu
HPA Guidance
Slowing the spread in the early stages of the influenza A/H1N1v (swine flu) pandemic has given the HPA and the health service time to learn more about the new virus, build up antiviral and antibiotic stockpiles, and start to develop a pandemic specific vaccine.
The focus is now on treating those affected by the virus.

Clinical diagnostic criteria
Clinicians are now encouraged to diagnose influenza A/H1N1v cases on the basis of symptoms.
The clinical diagnostic criteria are:

• Fever [pyrexia ≥38°C] or a history of fever,

AND

• influenza-like illness (TWO OR MORE of the following symptoms: cough; sore throat; rhinorrhoea; limb or joint pain; headache; vomiting or diarrhoea) OR
• severe and/or life-threatening illness suggestive of an infectious proces

Swine Influenza (P6) algorithm and look at the latest from the HPA and also the HPA News Feed
Case definition of Swine Influenza
Swine Influenza Prophylaxis Algorithm
Practical Advice
Pregnancy and Swine Flu
Flu response centres
Prescribing advice
Algorithm for close contacts
Advice on Swine influenza PEP use
Advice on school closure in swine influenza

DOH Guidance:

• Introduction

Community assessment tool for adults - A4
Community assessment tool for adults - A5
Paediatric community assessment tool - A4
Paediatric community assessment tool - A5
Adult hospital pathways
Paediatric hospital pathways

Letter from the CMO (2/7/09)

College of Emergency Medicine Pandemic Influenza Guidelines and Latest On-line guidance from CEM


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Anti-HIV treatment
Anti-tetanus vaccination
Avian Influenza procedure
Avian Influenza HPA Algorithm for suspected cases
Avian Influenza HPA Algorithm for travel NOT from known countries
for the very latest in Avian Influenza visit the HPA website
BIS draft malaria pathway
Blood Cultures Lecture
Cestodes
Chicken Pox

DOH guidelines on Post exposure prophylaxis
DOH guidelines on pre-test counselling in HIV
DOH guidelines on rabies
DOH guidelines on Hepatitis C
DOH guidelines on Hepatitis B prevention in health care workers
DOH guidelines on Hepatitis B
DOH guidelines on HIV infected health care workers
DOH guidelines on HIV and breast feeding

Early goal directed therapy, Rivers et al
Emergency treatment to prevent HIV: lecture
Epiglottitis
HIV drug poisoning
How is HIV transmitted?
Infective Endocarditis
Meningococcaemia
Nematodes


NICE guideline on Hepatitis B treatment
NICE guideline on Hepatitis C treatment
NICE guideline on Infection control
NICE guideline on Tamiflu
NICE guideline on tuberculosis

Notifiable Diseases
Opportunistic infections in HIV
Sepsis Lecture



Tetanus
Trematodes

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