Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in hospital healthcare workers in New Zealand

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Feb;33(2):196-9. doi: 10.1086/663705. Epub 2011 Dec 23.

Abstract

We evaluated A/H1N1 influenza in healthcare workers (HCWs) and in a flu room during the 2009 pandemic. The flu room aided HCW care and management by facilitating rapid diagnosis and treatment. Absence of fever was common, and symptoms were nonspecific. A higher rate of H1N1 occurred in HCWs deployed in acute services.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / drug therapy
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Medical Staff, Hospital*
  • New Zealand / epidemiology
  • Oseltamivir / therapeutic use
  • Pandemics*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Oseltamivir