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dc.contributor.authorHurley, James C.en
dc.contributor.authorFlockhart, Susanen
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-03T06:12:37Zen
dc.date.available2012-10-03T06:12:37Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.identifier.govdoc00014en
dc.identifier.issn1441 0575en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11054/27en
dc.description.abstractThe management of an influenza A outbreak in a residential facility for cognitively impaired residents of a Victorian regional health service is described. Twenty-five residents of a 60 bed stand alone facility were affected with one fatality resulting. Because virological confirmation of the outbreak was received late on a Friday, the initiation of anti-viral treatment and prophylaxis occurred out of hours. The unanticipated consequences of this out of hours management are discussed. The management of an influenza outbreak in a dementia specific residential facility requires a specific infection control response that anticipates the ethical issues relating to the care of the cognitively impaired.en
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dc.publisherVictorian Department of Healthen
dc.titleAn influenza outbreak in a regional dementia specific residential facility: management issues.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.type.specifiedArticleen
dc.description.notesThis document is made available by the Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin.en
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleVictorian Infectious Diseases Bulletinen
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume14en
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue1en
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage5en
dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage8en
dc.publisher.placeMelbourneen
dc.subject.healththesaurusHEALTH SERVICESen
dc.subject.healththesaurusINFLUENZAen
dc.subject.healththesaurusOUTBREAKen
dc.subject.healththesaurusRESIDENTIAL FACILITIESen
dc.subject.healththesaurusAUSTRALIAen
dc.subject.healththesaurusINFECTIONen
dc.subject.healththesaurusINFECTION CONTROLen
dc.subject.healththesaurusANTIVIRAL PROPHYLAXISen
dc.subject.healththesaurusVACCINATIONen
dc.subject.healththesaurusETHICAL ISSUESen
dc.date.issuedbrowse2011-01-01en
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