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CDC updates recommendations for the amount of time persons with influenza-like illness should be away from others

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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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    Thursday, August 06, 2009, 19:00 EDT (7:00 PM EDT)

    CDCHAN-00297-2009-08-06-ADV-N

    On August 5, 2009, CDC changed its recommendation related to the amount of time people with influenza-like illness should stay away from others (the exclusion period). New guidance indicates that people with influenza like illness should stay home for at least 24 hours after their fever is gone (without the use of fever-reducing medicine). A fever is defined as having a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit or 37.8° Celsius or greater.

    This is a change from the previous recommendation that ill persons stay home for 7 days after illness onset or until 24 hours after the resolution of symptoms, whichever was longer.

    The new recommendation applies to camps, schools, businesses, mass gatherings, and other community settings where the majority of people are not at increased risk for influenza complications. CDC recommends this exclusion period regardless of whether or not antiviral medications are used. This guidance does not apply to health care settings where the exclusion period continues to be for 7 days from symptom onset or until 24 hours after the resolution of symptoms, whichever is longer. (See http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidelines_infection_control.htm for guidance on infection control in health care settings.)

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    HAN ; 297
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    Health Alert Network
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    HAN Health Advisory
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    United States
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    2 unnumbered pages
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    297
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