Title
Clinical diagnostic criteria for isolating patients admitted to hospital with suspected pandemic influenza
Date of this Version
2009
Document Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Extract: Australian hospitals have now experienced the first wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza during a southern hemisphere winter. Patients admitted to Australian hospitals with suspected pandemic influenza during this period were identified by use of approved national clinical diagnostic criteria. However, the imprecise nature of clinical diagnosis limited the ability of hospitals to isolate infectious patients effectively before the laboratory confirmation of infection (which typically takes a minimum of 48 h).
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Gerrard, J., Keijzers, G., Zhang, P., Vossen, C., & Macbeth, D. (2009). Clinical diagnostic criteria for isolating patients admitted to hospital with suspected pandemic influenza. The lancet, 374(9702), 1673-1673.
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