Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – December 1, 2005
December 1, 2005
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Vaunted virulence: Keys to 1918’s fatal infections
The virulence of the 1918 pandemic strain was so extraordinary that there are accounts of people who felt well in the morning but were dead by nightfall. -
1918 and bird flu: Finding transmission ‘tipping point’
Based on ongoing research with the resurrected 1918 H1N1 pandemic virus, it appears that avian influenza H5N1 bird flu could rapidly adapt and spread through the human population with a few genetic changes that allow a transmission tipping point. -
Rapid vaccine production linchpin of pandemic plan
If avian H5N1 influenza emerges as a pandemic strain, no currently available vaccine will be completely protective. Therefore, the thrust of the nations pandemic influenza plan is aimed at rapidly producing vaccine and stockpiling effective antivirals. -
Pandemic plan takes four-pronged approach
The pandemic influenza plan recently unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services specifies four major components of preparedness and response to pandemic influenza: -
2005 Salary Survey Results: Emerging national trends push ICPs to a crossroads
A snapshot of the infection control profession at a critical time finds ICPs drawing a median salary in the $50,000 to $59,999 range while facing down everything from looming pandemic flu to consumer demands for infection control report cards.