CDC updates influenza guidelines
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, June 30, 2010
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Last week the CDC released a rough draft of updated influenza guidelines, which are available for public comment until July 22.
The guidelines focused on vaccination as a primary method of prevention transmission, but the CDC also reversed last year’s interim guidelines, calling for surgical masks instead of N95 respirators, except during aerosol generating procedures.
Read the full post on OSHA Healthcare Advisor, and take our poll on whether or not you’re satisfied with these new guidelines.
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