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  1. Blood Donations Requested from Recovered Swine Flu Cases in Hong Kong

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Donors flood in for blood drive to save critically ill http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=87043&sid=25171202&con_type=1 The mainland Chinese have used this...

  2. school closure for swine flu guidelines

    indigo girl replied to HonestRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Modesto, California http://www.modbee.com/local/story/832491.html She died of an unknown cause in the hospital? They will have to do an autopsy. How sad for her family this is. She was just 19. (hat...

  3. Vaccine for students

    indigo girl replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know, hon. I do know that CDC has not updated their site since July so they still have the original guidance up. So, who knows what that means. I also continue to see some articles out there...

  4. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nashik, India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Swine-flu-kills-three-more-countrywide-toll-climbs-to-88/articleshow/4940906.cms (hat tip

  5. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sydney, Australia http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/nsw-swine-flu-toll-rises-to-41-20090827-f0z5.html (hat tip

  6. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Brazil

  7. Nurse Survey Shows Deficiencies in Hospital Swine Flu Readiness

    indigo girl replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/18/us-cuts-doses-of-flu-vaccine/ We are at the fall back position now. On August 18, we got this bad news: How does this affect who gets the vaccine...

  8. Nurse Survey Shows Deficiencies in Hospital Swine Flu Readiness

    indigo girl replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090822/hl_time/08599191770700 Personally, I think kids should be vaxed first, and here is

  9. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I laughed too when I read this. The doc has a sense of humor? Breathing is always better than not

  10. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sweden http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/08/four-swedes-critically-ill-with-swine-flu.html So, one patient was sent to Denmark, perhaps because they did not have enough beds? Another is not in...

  11. Nurse Survey Shows Deficiencies in Hospital Swine Flu Readiness

    indigo girl replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    HCW and pregnant women are in the priority group to be vaccinated by mid-October. The trick is not to get infected before then. If you suspect that a pt has swine flu, and you are pregnant, switch...

  12. More Vaccine News

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE57P5BF20090826 Now we are hearing that it is unlikely that the vaccines will be ready before mid-October. Here are the 5 companies making the vax for...

  13. Vaccine for students

    indigo girl replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/18/us-cuts-doses-of-flu-vaccine/ (info courtesy of

  14. Before the Vaccine Arrives, It's Up to Citizens to Slow Swine Flu

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/18/us-cuts-doses-of-flu-vaccine/ (info courtesy of

  15. Before the Vaccine Arrives, It's Up to Citizens to Slow Swine Flu

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, they do mean it. Here is the plan that HHS Secretary Sebelius did not flesh out for us the other day in her press conference. Basically, HHS and CDC wants the public to use some mitigation...

  16. Before the Vaccine Arrives, It's Up to Citizens to Slow Swine Flu

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I thought I was seeing things KAR38 because you posted this in two different threads! I could have sworn that I already answered it. As a matter of fact, I did! So here I go again: Kids are a target...

  17. Under Viral Attack

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, Catholic schools have been in class 2 weeks now in my area, and reports are coming of numbers of kids out sick already. At this rate, we won't need the

  18. Vaccine for students

    indigo girl replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is unfortunately, not true. Kids are a target group but they are not a priority group. There is a difference, I am told. Because there is not enough vaccine, the priority groups will be vaxed...

  19. Only a third of nurses willing to have swine flu vaccine: poll

    indigo girl replied to CityKat's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OK, here is a little something about thimerosal. I sure wish that some agency would put all of this info together in one spot for us. Looks like if the syringes come pre-filled that there is less...

  20. Under Viral Attack

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    d, most folks are not getting tonsilitis. And, most are not dying either. You seem worried. These are rare complications. Even the robust, handsome tech on our unit that did get tonsilitis, did not...

  21. Under Viral Attack

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.recombinomics.com/news/08260901/h274y_misinformation.html this sounds exactly like what happened on my unit with patients and staff recently. gi s/s, strep in one staff member plus he...

  22. Report to the President on U.S. Preparations for 2009 H1N1-Influenza

    indigo girl replied to HonestRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is that possibility. They don't want to use them, but they might have to. It's part of the backup

  23. Only a third of nurses willing to have swine flu vaccine: poll

    indigo girl replied to CityKat's topic in Disaster Preparation

    CDC starts Web discussions on swine flu http://fcw.com/articles/2009/08/26/cdc-sets-up-web-dialogue-on-h1n1-virus.aspx Go talk to the CDC, and tell them your concerns. Nurses are educated...

  24. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Waimate, New Zealand http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2805433/Swine-flu-patient-blinks-to-connect It's just flu... (hat tip

  25. Report to the President on U.S. Preparations for 2009 H1N1-Influenza

    indigo girl replied to HonestRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well there you have it. No adjuvants this fall. Thank