Selected article for: "ILI definition and influenza outbreak"
Author: Patricia Rios; Amruta Radhakrishnan; Sonia M. Thomas; Nazia Darvesh; Sharon E. Straus; Andrea C. Tricco
Title: Guidelines for preventing respiratory illness in older adults aged 60 years and above living in long-term care: A rapid review of clinical practice guidelines
  • Document date: 2020_3_26
    • ID: kwncu3ji_398
    Snippet: Testing some residents with ILI for influenza is essential to establish a diagnosis. In an outbreak, several people meeting the ILI case definition should be tested (usually 4 to 6, but up to 10). Nose or throat swabs are collected for an influenza NAT/PCR test. Once three or more cases of ILI occur within 3 days, and at least one has a positive laboratory test for influenza, the outbreak is confirmed. Further cases of ILI are assumed to be due t.....
    Document: Testing some residents with ILI for influenza is essential to establish a diagnosis. In an outbreak, several people meeting the ILI case definition should be tested (usually 4 to 6, but up to 10). Nose or throat swabs are collected for an influenza NAT/PCR test. Once three or more cases of ILI occur within 3 days, and at least one has a positive laboratory test for influenza, the outbreak is confirmed. Further cases of ILI are assumed to be due to influenza and should be treated as such. No clinical or public health benefit is derived from continuing to test those with ILI in a confirmed RCF influenza outbreak, unless requested by the treating clinician or the PHU.

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