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How to Prevent the Flu
• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or cleanse them
with alcohol based sanitizer.
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Cough and sneeze into your sleeve and not your hand.
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• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or cleanse them
with alcohol based sanitizer.
• Cough and sneeze into your sleeve and not your hand.
• Stay home if you are sick.
• Avoid close contact with people that appear to be sick.
• Try to avoid touching your nose, eyes or mouth.
• Stay in good health: eat nutritious meals, get lots of sleep,
manage your stress, and drink plenty
of fluids.
• Keep your immunizations up-to-date.
For up-to-date information
regarding the seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine
go to
What is Influenza A (H1N1)?
Influenza A (H1N1) is one of a group of
influenza viruses that are transmitted amongst pigs, just as
human influenza is spread amongst humans. Usually only humans
who are in close contact with pigs get infected by the Influenza
A (H1N1) and typically the virus does not spread from person to
person.
What is different about this outbreak?
There is a risk that the infection will spread easily because
this virus has not been seen before in people and therefore they
have little immunity against it. For more information about
Influenza A H1N1 go to
Public Health Agency of
Canada.
Influenza (H1N1) Status
The World Health Organization increased the flu alert level to
6. Increasing the alert does not mean that the disease is more
dangerous only that it has spread to more countries. Therefore,
it does not change local Public Health guidelines for screening,
treatment, patient, or healthcare provider safety, etc.
ADMH will continue with the current practices developed based
upon the most recent public health directives. These practices
include having all patients, staff and visitors self screen upon
entering the building. Self screening requires that anyone with
a cough, temperature, or flu like symptoms put on a mask and
wash their hands. Patients will then go through an active
screening process completed by staff which includes more
detailed questions and assessment, including taking a
temperature reading. People with flu like symptoms will be
placed away from the general population for a complete
assessment by a health care practitioner.
When the healthcare practitioner assesses patients with possible
flu like illness they will also wear a mask. Testing, or a
throat swab, of patients will only be done if the patient is
experiencing significant symptoms and requires hospitalization.
If you are experiencing mild symptoms you will most likely not
be tested but will receive self care instructions to take home.
H1N1 (Swine) Flu Patient Fact Sheet.
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For further information go to
Public Health Agency of
Canada or
MOHLTC
If you have any questions about the information or about our
hospital’s infection prevention and control program,
please contact:
Angie MacKinnon RN BScN OHN ICP
Occupational Health/Infection Control Coordinator
Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital Corporation
350 John Street North
Arnprior, ON K7S 2P6
E-mail:
angie.mackinnon@arnpriorhospital.com
Tel: (613) 623-3166 ext 387 |
