Chris | October 23, 2011
The 2011-2012 Flu vaccine formulation; what viruses does this year’s flu vaccine protect against?
According to the FDA this year’s flu vaccine contains the same combination of viral subtypes as last year’s. The 2011-2012 flu vaccine is comprised of:
an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus;
an A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like virus; and
a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.
People may wonder why it is necessary to [...]
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Chris | October 2, 2011
It’s survey time again in Southern California; last week I received several calls from Infection Control designee’s; some were pretty stressed because state surveyors were on the premises, asking questions and expecting valid explanations; what may have felt like a terminal inquisition to the Infection Control Designee may have gone something like this:
Where is your [...]
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