As you have heard on the news the WuHan Flu is spreading

• Public Health England – Advice Recognition
• Local – Advice Management

WuHan (WN-CoV) – 1+2

1. Symptoms – either:

• Acute respiratory infection of ANY degree of severity (including at least one of: shortness of breath, cough or sore throat)
• Severe acute respiratory infection requiring admission to hospital with clinical or radiological evidence of pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome

2. Travel or Contact history

• Travel to Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in the 14 days before onset of illness?
• Contact with a confirmed case of WN-CoV in the 14 days before onset of illness?

 

AVIAN flu definition – 1+2

1. Symptoms :

• History of fever or fever ≥ 38°C AND (any of)
  • Lower respiratory tract symptoms (cough or SOB)
  • CXR findings of consolidation
  • ARDS
  • other severe illness suggestive of infectious process

2. Contact history

• Close contact (within 1 metre) with live, dying or dead domestic poultry or wild birds, including live bird markets, in an area of the world affected by avian influenza or with any confirmed infected animal, in the 10 days before the onset of symptoms
• In the 10 days before the onset of symptoms: Close contact with a confirmed human case, human case(s) of unexplained illness resulting in death from affected areas, human cases of severe unexplained respiratory illness from affected areas)

For Either: Patient to wear face mask until in Negative Pressure Isolation

• PHE Guide – HERE
• Local Guide – HERE

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