The global swine flu pandemic 2: infection control measures and preparedness strategies

Pratt, R.J.

Nursing Times 105(35): 16-18

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762
PMID: 19791672
Document Number: 630773
This second in a two-part unit on swine flu looks at infection control measures for nurses. During late spring and early summer, increasing numbers of people became infected with novel swine origin influenza type A virus (influenza A(H1N1)v 2009) and a global pandemic started. Part 1 of this unit explored the biology of influenza viruses and the origins and characteristics of flu pandemics. This part reviews viral transmission, infection prevention and control and pandemic preparedness.

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