1. Efficacy of Surveillance for 2009 H1N1 Pandemic within a Healthcare System
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Shon Dwyer, Christy Zalewski, Carrie M. Wright, Candace Friedman, Karyn Haas, Jennifer G. Holmes, Carol E. Chenoweth, Paul Paliani, Sandro Cinti, and Duane W. Newton
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Microbiology (medical) ,Infection Control ,Michigan ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Epidemiology ,business.industry ,Emergency department ,medicine.disease_cause ,medicine.disease ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Hospitals, University ,H1n1 pandemic ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,Infectious Diseases ,Population Surveillance ,Influenza, Human ,Emergency medicine ,Influenza A virus ,medicine ,Humans ,Outpatient clinic ,Medical emergency ,business ,Pandemics ,Healthcare system - Abstract
In the fall of 2009, our hospital introduced a surveillance system to monitor the increase in cases of H1N1 pandemic influenza A virus infection. The system involved tracking cases of influenza-like illness in the emergency department, the outpatient clinics, and the inpatient wards as well as specimens with positive polymerase chain reaction results reported by the microbiology laboratory. Our data correlated well with national and regional data.
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- 2011
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