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Pandemic influenza: guidance for infection control in hospitals and primary care settings

This guidance document replaces the infection control guidance published in October 2005.  The changes and amendments in this edition are detailed on page 4 and include updated advice on aerosol- generating procedures.  This advice takes into consideration and addresses the categorisation of such procedures in the recently published interim guidance from the World Health Organization on 'Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care'(June 2007).

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