Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 22:14
in Health & Medicine
Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immuno-compromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in no corresponding increase in H1N1 cases among the total patient population there.