Pandemic Influenza Plan - Questar III

Section 2: Surveillance and Laboratory Testing
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Had direct contact with poultry, in an area affected by highly pathogenic
avian influenza A. Direct contact with poultry is defined as touching
well, sick, or dead birds, poultry feces or contaminated surfaces, or
consuming uncooked poultry.
Had close contact (within 3 feet) with a person with confirmed or
suspected novel influenza.
• Occupational Risk (within 10 days of symptom onset)
♦ Work on a farm or in a live poultry market or process or handle poultry
infected with known or suspected avian influenza viruses.
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Work in a laboratory that contains live animal, bird, or novel human
influenza viruses.
Healthcare worker in direct contact with suspected or confirmed novel
influenza case.
Criteria for Reporting:
• During the Interpandemic and Pandemic Alert Periods and No Evidence of
HPAI or Other Novel Influenza Virus in NYS: Patients meeting the following
clinical and epidemiologic criteria should be reported immediately to the local
health department:
o Severe illness AND, within 10 days of onset, either travel to an affected area
(even if no direct contact with poultry or suspected or confirmed human
cases) or occupational risk.
o Mild illness AND, within 10 days of onset, one or more of the following:
direct contact with ill poultry in an affected area, close contact with a
suspected or confirmed human case of novel influenza, or occupational risk.
• During the Interpandemic and Pandemic Alert Periods and Documented
HPAI or Other Novel Influenza Virus in non-human animals in NYS: Patients
meeting the following clinical and epidemiologic criteria should be reported
immediately to the local health department:
o Severe or mild illness
AND
o Reside in or travel within 10 days of onset to a locally affected area
AND
o Direct contact with ill poultry or other implicated animal in an affected area
OR close contact with a suspected or confirmed human case of novel
influenza OR occupational risk.
February 7, 2006 2-10