Influenza Management Resources

Diagnosing, Managing and Tracking Influenza

Use the following resources to support your knowledge of influenza as part of your patient care.

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Diagnosis and Management

  • An overview of the diagnostic challenges of influenza with tips for accurate diagnosis

  • Diagnosis of influenza remains a matter of skillful clinical observation. This module has been designed to help improve those skills to facilitate appropriate empiric therapy and improve patient care. This module contains practical information about the key symptoms of influenza infection and how they may be differentiated from those associated with other respiratory conditions, influenza surveillance activities that can help clinicians improve diagnosis of influenza, and diagnostic tests that are available

  • Help your patients learn about the flu, the difference between the flu and the common cold, and tips for preventing and treating the flu.

  • Simplify prescription writing during influenza season by printing Tamiflu dosing instructions for influenza treatment, post-exposure prophylaxis and seasonal prophylaxis in adults and children aged 1 year and older.

  • Refresh your diagnostic skills by reviewing the profile of Joe, an adult patient with influenza. Review his presentation and exam results, and see how Tamiflu was prescribed.

  • Refresh your diagnostic skills by reviewing the profile of a mother who has been exposed to influenza through her 5-year-old son. Review her presentation and exam results, and see how Tamiflu was prescribed.

  • Refresh your diagnostic skills by reviewing the profile of Billy, a pediatric patient with influenza. Review his presentation and exam results, and see how Tamiflu was prescribed.

  • Refresh your diagnostic skills by reviewing the profile of Ashley, a pediatric patient who has been exposed to influenza through her brother. Review her presentation and exam results, and see how Tamiflu was prescribed.

Track the Spread of Influenza

  • FluSTAR® System for Tracking and Reporting Flu

    Access to timely information about current levels of influenza circulating in the community is a key factor in accurate early diagnosis and management of influenza. A unique, comprehensive surveillance system, the FluSTAR System for Tracking and Reporting Flu is now available to bring this information directly to healthcare professionals, patients and public health officials. FluSTAR provides crucial, up-to-date information about the changing local and national status of influenza across the country via a Web site and e-mail alerts. This module has been designed to familiarize you and your audience with the components, operation and benefits of the FluSTAR system

    Visit FluSTAR.com

Learn about TAMIFLU for influenza treatment and influenza prevention.

Track the Flu

Use flu surveillance to help ensure accurate diagnosis of influenza.

Track the Flu

Be Prepared for Flu Season

Help manage the impact of influenza season on your practice.

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