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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2009;302(17):1847.

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As new data about influenza transmission and concerns about potential shortages of some protective equipment have emerged, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guideline to help protect clinicians from infection with the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus.

Among the changes are more detailed strategies for reducing clinician exposure to influenza in hospitals, a reduction in the amount of time clinicians are advised to wait to return to work after an influenzalike illness, and strategies for stretching the supply of N95 respirators in case of shortages (http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidelines_infection_control.htm). The changes come on the heels of data published in this issue of JAMA and released online on October 1 that suggest surgical masks may provide as much protection as the respirators (Loeb et al. JAMA. 2009;302[17]:1865-1871).

An Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee in September recommended that health care workers use fit-tested N95 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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