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Published at www.nejm.org September 30, 2009 (10.1056/NEJMp0908437)

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Your hospital has been seeing a large number of patients with influenza-like symptoms, many of whom turn out to be infected with the novel H1N1 influenza A virus. You have been asked to consult on the case of a 28-year-old woman who is in an isolation room because of an influenza-like presentation and shortness of breath. You put on a gown, carefully clean your hands with hand soap or an alcoholic gel, pull on gloves, and reach for a mask. Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the use of an N95 filtering facepiece respirator. Some . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the IOM Committee on Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A (K.I.S., B.R., L.R.G.); the University of Texas System, Austin (K.I.S.); the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill (B.R.); and New York University School of Medicine, New York (L.R.G.).

This article (10.1056/NEJMp0908437) was published on September 30, 2009, at NEJM.org.

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