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Title: | An influenza outbreak in a regional dementia specific residential facility: management issues. |
Authors: | Hurley, James C. Flockhart, Susan |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Victorian Department of Health |
Place of publication: | Melbourne |
Publication Title: | Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page: | 5 |
End Page: | 8 |
Abstract: | The 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. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/27 |
ISSN: | 1441 0575 |
Internal ID Number: | 00014 |
Health Subject: | HEALTH SERVICES INFLUENZA OUTBREAK RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES AUSTRALIA INFECTION INFECTION CONTROL ANTIVIRAL PROPHYLAXIS VACCINATION ETHICAL ISSUES |
Type: | Journal Article Article |
Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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