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H1N1 (Swine Flu)

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TOOL KITS

HHS has made a variety of toolkits available online for use in businesses and government offices, child care settings, K-12 schools and higher education institutions. Each toolkit contains:

• Frequently Asked Questions about H1N1 Preparedness
• Fact Sheets
• Posters
• Template Letters/Emails
• Additional Communications Tools

• Business Tool Kit
• Business Tool Kit PDF

• Childcare Kit
• Childcare Kit PDF

• School Kits
• School Kits PDF

• Institution Kits
• Institution Kits PDF

UPDATED GUIDANCE

Guidance for Patients

• Patients with cardiovascular disease
  For people with heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular disease.
  
• Caring for a sick person in your home
  Information that can help provide a safer care at home for sick persons who may have H1N1. It contains information on how the flu spreads, medications to take, good hygiene etiquette, placement of a sick person, and ways to protect others in the home.
  
• Home care guidance/physician directions to patient and parents
  Interim guidance on treating H1N1. Discusses symptoms, when to seek emergency care, and home care recommendations.
  

Guidance for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

• What pregnant women should know about the H1N1 flu
  
• Info for Pregnant Women in Education, Child Care, and Healthcare
  Information for pregnant women who work in jobs where they are more likely to be exposed to people with H1N1.
  
• What parents should know about feeding your infant
  Document discusses whether or not mothers should breastfeed their infants, various ways to protect them from the virus, approaches to feeding infants if sick and whether or not the virus can be transmitted through breastfeeding.
  

Guidance for Businesses and Employers

• General Information
  Document recommends different guidelines for businesses and employers to plan and respond to H1N1. Document includes actions that employers should take now to prepare for such an outbreak and important components of a pandemic plan.
  
• Small Business Guidance
  Document focuses specifically on the challenges faced by small businesses across the country.
  

Guidance for Community Settings

• Guidance on Exclusion
  Document recommends that people with H1N1 like symptoms remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever.
  
• Public gatherings
  Document discusses community situations in which crowding is likely to occur.
• Facemask and respirator use
  Document provides information on the effectiveness of facemask and respirators for decreasing the risk of influenza infection in community settings.
  
• Guidance for Homeless & Emergency shelters
  Document suggests means to reduce the spread of H1N1 in these settings and communities.
  
• Guidance for Correctional & Detention Facilities
  Document provides guidance for correctional facilities during the outbreak to ensure continuation of essential public services and protection of the health and safety of inmates, staff and visitors. It contains examples of how to reduce risk of introduction into institutions and the rapid detection and management of cases.
  

Guidance for Child Care Programs, Schools, Colleges and Universities

• Guidance on helping child care & early childhood programs respond to H1N1
  Guidance to help decrease the spread of H1N1 among children in early childhood programs and providers.
  

Guidance for Clinicians

• Antiviral Recommendations
  Document provides guidance on the use of antiviral agents for treatment and assists clinicians in prioritizing use of antivirals for patients at a higher risk.
  
• Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products
  Document discusses authorization, procedures and use of medical products that are unapproved.
  
• Clinician Guidance for Specific Audiences
  The following documents discuss guidance for patients with cardiovascular disease, HIV infected patients, pregnant women, infants and children.
  

OTHER FLU RESOURCES

• 2009 H1N1 Flu: Situation Update

• H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Q&A

• Revised Recommendations on the
Use of Influenza Antiviral Drugs

• Medicare and H1N1 Vaccinations - General Info

• Q&As on H1N1 and 1135 Waivers