Disease Control

Influenza / Prevention and Containment



Priorities for Prevention and Containment
  • Early identification of cases and contacts
  • Implementation of infection control strategies
    • Hand washing, social distancing
  • Antiviral treatment
  • Deployment of pandemic vaccine
Ongoing Surveillance Actions MDCHD
  • Sentinel Provider Influenza Surveillance
    • Minimum needed 9 (1/250,000 population)
      • 10 providers enrolled in Miami-Dade
  • Sentinel Hospital Surveillance
    • 2 hospitals reporting
  • Surveillance of influenza and pneumonia deaths
  • Investigation of unexplained deaths of person ≤ 49 y.o.
Ongoing Surveillance Action
  • Investigation of ILI outbreaks
  • Monitoring of 911 county system to identify trends of ILI
  • Implementation of ED-based syndromic surveillance system
  • Blast fax capabilities to communicate with ICPs and EDs
  • Enhancing State Lab Miami Branch diagnostic capabilities
    • Rapid testing, PC-R, etc

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