Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities for Public Health Units in Australia
Acknowledgements
CDNA’s Interpandemic Influenza Working Group:
Dr John Carnie (Chair) Disease Control and Research Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria
Dr Simon Madin General Surveillance and Control, Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, Victoria
Dr Paul Armstrong Communicable Diseases Branch, NSW Health Department, NSW
Dr Tony Watson Communicable Disease Control Branch, Health Department of Western Australia
Dr Ann Koehler Communicable Disease Control Branch, Department of Health, South Australia
Dr Geetha Isaac-Toua Health Protection Services, ACT Health
Dr Clif van der Oest Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services,
Mr Craig Davis, Communicable Disease Unit, Queensland Department of Health
Dr Avner Misrachi Communicable Disease Prevention Unit, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
The Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities in Australia (the Guidelines) were based on the Guidelines for the Control of Respiratory Disease Outbreaks in Aged-Care Facilities. These were prepared by Rebecca Guy, Epidemiology Scholar, Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, Victoria, National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health, Canberra.
Thanks also to Dr Margaret Young, Lesley Scott, Irene Wilkinson, Dr Robin Gilmore, Dr Mark Bartlett, Megan Black and all others who have contributed.
