POSTPARTUM AND NEONATAL NURSING CARE DURING THE 2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC

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• Alternative Title:
  Nurs Womens Health
• Personal Author:
  Zapata, Lauren B. ; Ruch-Ross, Holly S. ; Williams, Jennifer L. ; Ruhl, Catherine
• Description:
  We describe select influenza infection control policies and practices related to postpartum and newborn care during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. In an online survey of obstetric and neonatal nurses, significantly more nurses indicated a written hospital policy supporting each of the practices during versus before the pandemic. The two practices least often implemented were temporary separation of healthy newborns from ill mothers (37.7 percent) and testing newborns for influenza virus infection if signs of influenza were observed (31.4 percent). Presence of written hospital policies increased implementation of practices. Findings may be useful to guide planning for future pandemics or other public health emergencies.
• Subjects:
  Adult Female Humans Infant, Newborn Infection Control Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Maternal-Child Nursing Nurses Pandemics Perinatal Care Practice Guidelines As Topic Practice Patterns, Nurses' Pregnancy Risk Assessment

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• Source:
  Nurs Womens Health. 17(4):284-293.
• Pubmed ID:
  23957794
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5061496
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:be701475eea88ff8b14d2fd87ff675fb8bb364acd480fbc9115f830afda2d48e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42189/cdc_42189_DS1.pdf
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