Transcript UNC Management of H1N1

H1N1 Update
Mary Beth Koza, Director
Department of Environment, Health & Safety
[email protected]
919-843-5913
02/11/2010
H1N1 Information – The Basics
 Mild to severe respiratory illness caused by influenza
viruses
 Seasonal flu:5-20% population ill; >200,000
hospitalized; 36,000 deaths
 Spreads by coughing/sneezing (respiratory droplets);
touching surface then mouth, nose
 Infectious 1 day before symptoms, up to 7 days after
becoming ill
 Symptoms: fever or chills, headache, fatigue, muscle
aches, dry cough, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, N & V,
diarrhea
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High Risk for Complications
Asthma, diabetes and other metabolic disorders
immune-suppression from medications (cancer drugs, oral
steroids)
HIV, or other diseases
chronic diseases of the heart (not high blood pressure)
neuromuscular, lung, liver, or kidney,
pregnant women,
adults 65 years and older,
children younger than five years old,
persons younger than 19 yrs old who are on chronic aspirin
therapy, extreme obesity.
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If you have flu like Illness
Do not go to work or attend classes (stay home )
Stay home until 24 hours after your fever is gone off of
drugs that lower fever (except to seek medical care)
Avoid contact with others to the extent possible
Take acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol) for fever
Drink plenty of fluids
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National H1N1 Outlook
155 million vaccine doses produced to date.
 120 million doses shipped to 70,000 locations across U.S.
 70 million people in the U.S. vaccinated. (23%)
 Largest group vaccinated - children to 18 years. (37%)
 Nearly all the current viruses circulating now are H1N1.
 No seasonal flu in any significant numbers.
 H1N1 virus not shifting or changing. (same basic strain)
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Estimates of U.S. H1N1
Deaths/Hospitalizations
April - Dec. 2009
80
million people infected.
246,000
11,160
H1N1-related hospitalizations.
2009 H1N1-related deaths.
CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the
United States, April – December 12, 2009
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Flu associated deaths in North Carolina
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Pandemic Emergency Response Team
University H1N1 Pandemic Team
Academics
Communications
Athletics
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Human
Resources
Student Affairs/
Campus Health
Medical
Expertise
UNC H1N1 Response
 Received 18,000 H1N1 vaccine doses (10/09 – 2/10)
 Held 48 campus open clinics
 19 different locations (Eight residence halls)
 Also available at CHS and UEOHC daily
 Six more clinics scheduled to support state-wide
promotional campaign by the NC Division of Public Health.
 Vaccinated 10,169 students/employees as of 2/7/10
 19 seasonal flu clinics (9/22- 10/23)
 5378+ employees vaccinated for seasonal flu
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UNC H1N1 Vaccination Program
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Age Ranges
Vaccination Totals
5 – 18 yrs
702
19 – 24 yrs
3337
25 – 49 yrs
4766
50 – 64 yrs
1177
65 + yrs
187
All ages
10,169
Pandemic Emergency
Response Committee Actions
Committee members on conference call every 3
weeks.
Continuous contact between EHS, UEOHC and CHS
evaluating campus ILI activity and vaccination
efforts.
Continuous contact with Orange County Health Dept.
Continuous surveillance of national H1N1 activity.
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What is ahead for H1N1
Many people believe the outbreak is over and I think
it is too soon for us to have that complacency," Dr.
Anne Schuchat of the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention told reporters in a telephone
briefing. "This pandemic isn't over yet.“
Harvard poll found that 44 percent of Americans
believe the H1N1 flu outbreak is over, that 40 percent
of parents had gotten the vaccine for their children
and 13 percent more planned to.
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What is ahead for H1N1
World Health Organization to convene its emergency
end of February to examine whether the H1N1 flu
pandemic has peaked.
Even if the WHO decided the pandemic had peaked,
the virus remained active, causing disease and
death, and could continue to flare up in some
regions, as it had done recently in West Africa.
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H1N1 & Seasonal Influenza Websites
• http://alertcarolina.unc.edu/go/site/1395/
• http://ehs.unc.edu/
• http://campushealth.unc.edu/
• http://cdc.gov/
• http://flu.gov/
• http://www.ncpublichealth.com/
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