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.

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