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Facts for Providers

bullet  Guidance for Clinicians on the Use of Rapid Influenza
        Diagnostic Tests for the 2010-2011 Influenza Season
bullet  Interim Influenza Testing and Reporting Guidance - PDF
bullet  Instructions for Influenza Virus Specimen Submission - PDF

bullet  CDC Flu Prevention Toolkit - CDC

bullet  Pediatric Severe Influenza Illness Form - PDF
bullet  Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding
        Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu - PDF (CDC, 9/25/09)

bullet  When to Use Antiviral Drugs for the Flu - CDC

bullet  Laboratory Diagnostic Procedures for Influenza - CDC

bullet  Antiviral Guidance - CDC

bullet  Infection Control in Health Care Facilities - CDC

bullet  Influenza Information for Health-Care Professionals - CDC

bullet  Influenza Vaccine Information for Health Care Personnel - CDC

bullet  Influenza (the Flu): Questions & Answers - CDC

bullet  Questions & Answers for FluMist™ - CDC

bullet  Why Patients with Asthma Need Flu Vaccine - CDC

bullet  Influenza Information in Other Languages - CDC
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bullet  Flu Drugs - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

bullet  Flu Vaccine Dosage Chart - CDC

bullet  Flu-related Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports - CDC

bullet  Influenza Vaccine Bulletins - CDC

 

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