Preparing For Pandemic Influenza

• 2008

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• Terri Rebmann
PMID: 18708870DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.jpn.0000333919.22705.2e

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This article reviews how to prepare for a flu pandemic, focusing on avian influenza (H5N1). It explains the symptoms, spread, and treatment of the virus. It also highlights the importance of planning in hospitals and communities to protect pregnant women and newborns during a pandemic. The article emphasizes setting up special care sites for labor and delivery as part of disaster plans. Nurses should learn about avian flu's clinical details and infection control to prevent disease spread. Although it's uncertain when a pandemic might happen, being prepared is crucial for reducing illness and death rates.

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Focus Area: Infectious Disease

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Communicable Disease Control; Disaster Planning; Disease Outbreaks; Health Personnel; Infant, Newborn; Influenza, Human; Maternal-Child Health Services; Medical Staff, Hospital; Nursing Staff, Hospital; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Pregnant Women; Infection Control; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; Pandemics

Institutions: St. Louis University

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