Flu (Influenza)
Guidelines and Recommendations

Below are selected prevention and treatment guidelines, recommendations, frameworks, approaches, and other documents related to flu. Also see related links on this page.

Influenza Vaccination in Pregnancy: Practices among Obstetrician-Gynecologists- United States, 2003-2004 Influenza Season (10/30/05)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5441a4.htm
PDF (p. 1050)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5441.pdf
To assess understanding of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations among obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYNs), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, with support from CDC, surveyed a national sample of OB/GYNs in May 2004. This report describes the results of that survey, which indicated that 52% of OB/GYNs surveyed would recommend influenza vaccination for a healthy woman in the first trimester of pregnancy, 95% would recommend the vaccine for a healthy pregnant woman beyond the first trimester, and 63% would recommend vaccination for a woman with a medical condition in the first trimester. However, of the physicians who would recommend vaccination, 36%-38% reported that influenza vaccination was not offered in their practices. Increased efforts are needed to improve vaccine availability and to educate OB/GYNs regarding the updated ACIP recommendations on the use of influenza vaccine in the first trimester for both healthy pregnant women and pregnant women at high risk.

Prevention and Control of Influenzaa (7/30/05)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5408a1.htm
PDF
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5408.pdf
This report updates the 2004 recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices regarding the use of influenza vaccine and antiviral agents. The 2005 recommendations include new or updated information regarding 1) vaccination of persons with conditions leading to compromise of the respiratory system; 2) vaccination of health-care workers; 3) clarification of the role of live, attenuated influenza vaccine in vaccine shortage situations; 4) the 2005-06 trivalent vaccine virus strains; and 5) the assessment of vaccine supply, timing of influenza vaccination, and prioritization of inactivated vaccine in shortage situations.

HIV/AIDS and the Flu (11/30/04)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/Treatment/hiv-flu.htm
This fact sheet provides questions & answers to guide both the administration of flu shots and antiviral medications in people with HIV/AIDS.

Related Links

Flu: Women's Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/flu.htm

Guide to Community Preventive Services
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/communityguide.htm

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