CDC guidance on the use of influenza antiviral agents and rapid influenza diagnostic tests during the 2010-2011 influenza season

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Friday, January 14, 2011, 16:11 EDT (4:11 PM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00318-2011-01-14-UPD-N
  
  As influenza activity increases in the United States, clinicians are urged to consult CDC guidance on the use of influenza antiviral agents and rapid influenza diagnostic tests this season. Updated recommendations on the use of antiviral medications will be published in an upcoming Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), but an interim version of the recommendations is currently available on CDC's website at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/index.htm. The updated guidance for health care professionals on the use of rapid influenza diagnostic tests is available at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/clinician guidance ridt.htm. For the most recent summary of influenza activity in the United States, consult the CDC influenza surveillance report FluView at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivitysurv.htm.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Antiviral Agents/therapeutic Use Diagnostic Tests, Routine Influenza, Human/diagnosis Influenza, Human/drug Therapy Influenza, Human/prevention & Control Seasons
• Source:
  HAN ; 318
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Info Service
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  318
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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