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An infection control professional, attorney, and Louisiana native, Julie Savoy, BSN, RN, JD, brings a unique perspective to the horror that was Hurricane Katrina. But first and foremost, in the chaotic first days of the disaster aftermath in New Orleans, she was just another worried relative trying to reach loved ones and offer shelter from the storm.
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the following basic infection control measures to prevent transmission of infectious diseases in temporary community evacuation centers:
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A labor and delivery nurse at Northside Hospital in Atlanta went to work with active tuberculosis for about three months, exposing 37 newborns, about 160 other patients, and colleagues. Based on news reports, she was the third nurse in two years to continue to work while having active TB. One nurse in Virginia died of undiagnosed TB.
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For hospitals that want to create their own stockpile of Tamiflu as a part of pandemic influenza preparedness, infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, has one comment: Good luck.
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Effective tuberculin skin testing relies on the proper administration of the test.
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Neuraminidase inhibitors are a class of antivirals that have activity against both influenza A and B viruses. Influenza neuraminidase cleaves terminal sialic acid residues and damages the receptors recognized by viral hemagglutinin, thereby facilitating release of virus from infected cells.
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Mangia and colleagues in italy evaluated treatment of 283 patients with chronic hepatitis due to hepatitis C virus genotypes 2 and 3. They used a relatively select group of patients, and were able to follow them closely over the year of the study.
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Researchers have identified 2 distinct strains of monkeypox virus, one of which appears to be significantly less virulent than the other, possibly explaining the lack of deaths in the 2003 Midwestern outbreak.
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