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A recent survey of American adults found that 76% worried about becoming ill if they had to stay home and take care of the sick during a severe flu pandemic.1
 
  Learn infection control measures. 
  

 

Basic Supplies for a Sick Room

sick room supplies

Wash hands for 15 seconds with soap and water

infection prevention

Cover a cough or sneeze with tissue

prevent infection
Links to Important Resources

World Health Organization (WHO) A H1N1 swine flu

Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Swine Influenza

A/H1N1 swine Flu in the United States

U S Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) Pandemic Flu

Trust for America's Health

Pandemic Flu: Lessons from the Frontlines, June 2009

The Sphere Project

"Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response"

Health Map Global Disease Alert Map

Flu Wikie Forum

An international resource for open discussion

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

"The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready?"

MedlinePlus: A Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine

"Flu"

Science Daily Influenza News

American Academy of Pediatrics

"Its Time to Get the Flu Vaccine"

KidsHealth from the Nemours Foundation

"Infections" Cold and Flu Review"

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Seasonal Flu

Video: Nova Science Now, Pandemic Influenza

Video: A Tale of Two Cities: How St. Louis and Philadelphia Dealt with the Flu Epidemic of 1918

by William Stanhope

Care at Home Today, UK

Care at Home Today provides online home care information and resources for the elderly in the UK
 
  Read about how to set up a sick room and care for the ill at home.   
 
Almost 34% of some groups state they do not have anyone to help take care of them if they become sick.3

  Learn to set up support networks we call "communities of care."


 

 

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