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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has predicted that up to 30% of Americans could become infected with the novel H1N1 virus this year and next if a successful vaccine campaign and other mitigation efforts are not implemented quickly enough. Many US hospitals¡Xand especially emergency departments¡Xare already in a state of crisis, facing challenges that cannot be fixed without long-term, fundamental, and systemic changes. But ready or not, a flu pandemic is here, with a second and potentially more severe wave possible this fall and winter. By applying basic preparedness principles, along with some out-of-the-box strategic planning, hospitals can gain a footing against the coming pandemic. In this video, Dr. Stuart Weiss reviews the H1N1 disease characteristics; the current status and potential future threat of the influenza pandemic; employee protection strategies, including administrative, environmental, and engineering controls, and personal protective equipment; vaccine recommendations; and antiviral prophylaxis and therapy.
Every year it returns, and every year it costs employers billions of dollars in sick pay, lost sales and decreased productivity.
This year could be worse.
We've all heard about the threat of H1N1 or "swine flu." How it's spreading across the globe. How it's expected to hit hard this fall and winter as the flu season develops. How 40% of the population could eventually catch it.
But here's some good news. You can reduce infection rates in your workplace by training your employees to follow a few simple habits that stop them from spreading sickness to their coworkers--and help them avoid getting sick in the first place.
Some of these habits are just common sense: wash your hands, don't use your coworker's telephone or computer keyboard, cover your coughs and sneezes. But how do you get people to remember and actually do these things, day after day?
Video training is an effective way to get through to employees and change their behavior. And our new release from Stanford, "Resisting the Flu" is designed to do just that. Your employees will respond to this documentary-style short film with its straight talk from Dr. Eric A. Weiss, Medical Director of Disaster Planning and Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine.
In plain terms, Dr. Weiss lays out a blueprint for keeping your employees healthy and for resisting infection by the H1N1 virus. His practical advice extends to taking care of sick family members in ways that protect the caregiver and stop the spread within employees' households. And if things take a turn for the worse, Dr. Weiss also describes clear danger signs that help viewers know the difference between symptoms that are typical--and those that require immediate medical help.
Do your part to limit the reach of this new pandemic, and protect your business by training all your employees. Working together, we can all contribute to lessening the impact of this uniquely threatening illness.
The international scientific community has been monitoring the bird flu virus (known as H5 N1) since 1997 when seven people died in Hong Kong. The victims all had had contact with live bird markets there. Dr. Guan Yi, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, explains the path of infection in Southeast Asia (Vietnam was the "epicenter") in 2003 and 2005 when wild birds infected poultry on small farms. The poultry was then handled by humans who became infected.
Bird Flu Wars recounts the diverse plans explored at the emergency meetings held in 2006 at the WHO (World Health Organization) headquarters in Geneva to prevent the virus from becoming a pandemic. Some of these plans call for the massive destruction of areas infected by the virus, preventive vaccinations of poultry and the industrialization of breeding. Many countries are stockpiling Tamiflu, the only recommended anti-viral medication. Unfortunately, some countries like Vietnam cannot cope economically with what is required to suppress H5 N1. For now, the Swiss pharmaceutical company La Roche is producing Tamiflu vaccine in huge quantities in their thirteen closely guarded factories. To date, they refuse to release the formula so that the vaccine can be produced generically.
If in the future the virus mutates to a human flu; it then could be easily transmitted from human to human, endangering a huge population. At that point, the world would have to wait for a vaccine that could be put into production quickly. Would there be enough anti- viral medicine for everyone in need?
It's difficult to get people excited about preventing colds and the flu. People know it's going to happen, no matter what you do and then when it does occur, there are usually two options.
Topics included in this safety video are: influenza, avian or bird flu, influenza pandemic, working with birds, basic infection control, personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccination with seasonal influenza vaccine, and universal precautions
Protect Your Family From Deadly Bird Flu - Influenza is a different story as is the Avian or Bird Flu. We'd like to provide some educational tips on this important topic as experts are warning a pandemic could kill more than a billion people worldwide. An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new Influenza virus appears or emerges in the human population, causes serious illness and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemic outbreaks are caused by new sub types or by sub types that have never circulated among people or that have not circulated for a long time. First identified in China in late February 1957 the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957. The Hong Kong flu 1968-1969, caused about 34,000 deaths in the United States. This virus was first detected in Hong Kong in early 1968 and spread to the United States later that year. In 2003, we heard about SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which is an atypical form of pneumonia.
Topics included in this safety video are: avian flu, stay home when you're sick, medications, and universal precautions.
There is widespread concern over the risk of exposure to the deadly H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu). The virus has one very important trait that could turn it into a global health emergency: the ability to spread from human to human. Now is not the time to panic, now is the time prepare. Separate fact from fiction and make sure your employees know how to protect themselves against this virulent disease.
H1N1 Swine Influenza - Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by Type A influenza viruses. Outbreaks of swine flu happen regularly in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Most commonly, human cases of swine flu happen in people who are around pigs but it's possible for swine flu viruses to spread from person to person also.
CDC has determined that this virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human. H1N1 can be spread from individuals to individuals.
Topics included in this safety video are: signs and symptoms, how swine flu is spread, medications, and what to do should you get sick.
Learning Objective: Highlight the CDC Guidance Recommendations for Healthcare Facilities on preventing transmission of the Novel H1N1 Virus
The World Health Organization has declared Novel H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) a pandemic, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has instructed all healthcare facilities to prepare for Novel H1N1 Influenza in addition to the traditional influenza season.
Most transmission of respiratory diseases in the healthcare setting occurs from unprotected exposure to infected individuals before the disease is recognized and infection control measures put in place.
For this reason, it is imperative that all healthcare workers become familiar with the CDC,HICPAC, SHEA and APIC recommendations to quickly identify and isolate potentially ill patients, and know how to implement strict infection control practices to prevent transmission.
This important training program highlights the CDC recommendations in a short, concise format developed for all healthcare staff.
Topics covered include:
Modes of transmission
Respiratory hygiene / Cough etiquette
Screening protocols
Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions, including PPE
Protect Your Family From Deadly Bird Flu - Influenza is a different story as is the Avian or Bird Flu. We'd like to provide some educational tips on this important topic as experts are warning a pandemic could kill more than a billion people worldwide. An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new Influence A virus appears or emerges in the human population, causes serious illness and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemic outbreaks are caused by new sub types or by sub types that have never circulated among people or that have not circulated for a long time.
Topics included in this safety video are: Avian flu, stay home when you're sick, medications, universal precautions.