Monday, December 14, 2009

Vietnam: Beware of avian influenza H5N1

December 14, 2009

Department of Health has requested a dispatch units active in the industry, increased deployment of preventive measures progress H5N1, is not spread person to translate.

Winter-Spring, Special occasions before and after the Lunar New Year period HPAI active, causing services on poultry. North has recorded scattered progress on H5N1 poultry; a local discovered serious cases of influenza A/H5N1 pneumonia in humans. Department of Health asked the provincial Preventive Health Center to the districts, towns and cities to coordinate with local veterinary science grasp the situation promptly translated influenza A/H5N1 in poultry; Strengthening supervision and early ca suspected of H5N1 infection in humans, localized in time, handling the outbreak.
Hospital to prepare a full online facilities, equipment, medicines, manpower to collect dung, isolation, treatment of human influenza A/H5N1; strictly followed the regulations of professional (usually members, emergency, diagnostic Assembly, experts), the regulations on medical waste treatment ... In particular, for cases of severe pneumonia should be taken product samples, determine disease diagnosis, avoiding thoughts subjective, minimize mortality of patients.

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