300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 (617) 355-6000 For Health Professionals: Flu info for providers (Seasonal and Novel H1N1) Please Note: This site provides updates on Flu related practices at Children's. Please consider this site your primary source for updates on the Hospital's clinical practice and other important information. General Information and Updates General FAQ's for Children's Providers CDC Weekly Influenza Surveillance Data Mass DPH and Boston Public Health Commission-Infection Control Guidelines Mass DPH Weekly Updates Visitation Children's Hospital Visitation Restrictions: New 11/5 Inpatient Areas- Visitation restricted to parents, guardians, grand-parents, siblings over 18 and other caretakers of the child in the school or community setting (nurse, speech/language pathologist, classroom teacher, aid, etc). Outpatient Areas- Strongly discourage bringing siblings or relatives under 18 years old. Dr. Mandell Letter- New Visitation Restrictions Practice Management Example of a Planned Office Workflow for Flu-like Illness American Medical Association (AMA) Fact Sheet for H1N1 Billing 7 Steps to Manage the Flu Surge in your Office Clinical Care Algorithm for Management of Flu like Ilness- Phone Triage New 11/9 Bacterial Coinfections in Lung Tissue Specimens from Fatal Cases of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Updated Interim Recommendations for the Use of Antiviral Medications in the Treatment and Prevention of Influenza for the 2009-2010 Season Guidance for Clinicians on Identifying and Caring for Patients with (H1N1) Virus Infection Flu Information for Families Tamiflu Information Zanamivir Fact Sheet POSTER- handwashing POSTER- What to do if you're sick Vaccination CDC Recommendations for the 2009 H1N1 Vaccine CDC-Novel H1N1 Vaccine Safety 10 FAQs for Immunization Programs and Providers Novel H1N1 CDC Vaccine Summary Memo- Seasonal Flu Vaccine Shortage Novel H1N1 Information Fact Sheet- Inactivated Vaccine Novel H1N1 Information Fact Sheet- Intranasal Vaccine Directions for Novel H1N1 Vaccine Screening Forms, Consent Forms and Permission to Share Information Related Links Center for Disease Control (CDC) Boston Public Health Commission Massachusetts Department of Public Health World Health Organization The information on this website should not be taken as medical advice, which can only be given to you by your personal health care professional. Copyright © Children's Hospital Boston. All rights reserved.