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Mandatory Vaccination or Masking for Healthcare Personnel

The Public Health Officer, Dr. Wilma Wooten, has issued a health officer order mandating that all licensed acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory and community clinics, and ambulance providers in San Diego County develop a program requiring that their healthcare personnel receive an annual influenza vaccination and that persons who decline to receive the vaccine be required to wear a mask while in contact with patients or working in patient care areas during the influenza season. This action, in conjunction with your ongoing efforts to provide influenza vaccine ...

County of San Diego Influenza Watch

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Recent Alerts Concerning pH1N1 Influenza

From the California Health Alert Network — January 3, 2014 This health alert provides summaries of recent advisories on influenza from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), summarizes current influenza activity in San Diego County, and provides links to useful influenza resources. On December 24, CDC issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory discussing recent reports from several states of severe infection associated with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 (pH1N1) virus infection. The advisory described critically-ill young and middle-aged adults infected with ...