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Avian Flu Resources

Health and Safety

"Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise," The Washington Post, July 27, 2006, p. A11 GlaxoSmithKline vaccine has an immune booster, with the potential to stretch the supply of vaccine. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601716.html

Canadian Medical Association Journal--With a scarcity of resources, such as ventilators, who gets full treatment? This research report presents a triage protocol.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/175/11/1377

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Researchers Develop New Ways to Assess Pandemic Potential of Influenza Viruses, Press Release, July 31, 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r060731.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Quarantine Authority Questions and Answers http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/qa_influenza_amendment_to_eo_13295.htm

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/health/

"Face Masks Analyzed As Aid in Flu Pandemic," Washington Post, April 28, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/
AR2006042702098.html?nav=rss_health

Health and hygiene guidelines prepared by Microbix for its own employees http://www.vwrsp.com/programs/pandemic_preparedness/pdf/pandemic_response.pdf

Institute of Medicine-"Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu," Report Brief April 2006
http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/34/212/Face%20Masks%20for%20web.pdf

Institute of Medicine-"Mask Use and Pandemic Flu: The Community Public Health Perspective" by Jeffrey S. Duchin, M.D.
http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/33/446/Jeff%20Duchin.pdf

Mayo Clinic—"Bird Flu Vaccines: Challenges of Preventing a Pandemic" http://www.riverside-online.com/health_reference/Infectious-Disease/ID00035.cfm

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Questions and Answers, H5N! Avian Flu Vaccine Trials, May 2006 http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2005/H5N1QandA.htm

OSHA Guidance for Protecting Workers
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/avian-flu.html