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Guidance
Influenza like illness (ILI): managing outbreaks in care homes
- From:
- Public Health England
- Part of:
- Pandemic flu: public health response and Seasonal influenza: guidance, data and analysis
- Published:
- 26 October 2012
- Last updated:
- 29 November 2016, see all updates
Guidance for managing seasonal influenza, identifying pathogens and transmission routes for acute respiratory disease in care homes.
Document
PHE guidelines on the management of outbreaks of influenza like illness (ILI) in care homes
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2016471 PDF, 428KB, 26 pages
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Details
This guidance covers:
- case definitions
- managing cases
- infection control
- recording and reporting
It includes a leaflet for care homes.
Document information
Published: 26 October 2012
Updated: 29 November 2016
- New care home document uploaded.
- Added supplementary guidance for health protection teams involved in prevention and control of influenza and other respiratory viral infections among care home residents.
- First published.