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The following material is designed to help you understand what a pandemic means to you and steps you can take to prepare. The information is based on the likely characteristics of a pandemic influenza virus. This material is subject to change based on the actual characteristics of the virus.
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Fact sheets
- Update for parents 31 July 2009
(PDF, 878.0 kb) - Information for people with cancer (PDF, 795.7 kb)
- Information for people with kidney disease (PDF, 794.7 kb)
- Information about influenza for funeral homes (PDF, 208.5 kb)
- Information for people who are obese (PDF, 794.6 kb)
- Information for people with chronic illness (PDF, 162.1 kb)
- Patient information - Protecting those at risk from influenza (PDF, 95.9 kb)
- Information about influenza for obstetricians and midwives (PDF, 156.1 kb)
- Information about flu for Tasmanian Aborigines (PDF, 194.5 kb)
- Information for breastfeeding mothers (PDF, 578.2 kb)
- Information for pregnant women (PDF, 114.0 kb)
- Information about influenza for people with disability (PDF, 236.7 kb)
- Information about influenza for residential group homes (PDF, 205.6 kb)
- What to do if you're exposed to flu (PDF, 367.2 kb)
- What to do if you think you have flu (PDF, 237.5 kb)
- Frequently asked questions - 18 June 2009 (PDF, 317.7 kb)
- Managing volunteers during a flu pandemic (PDF, 215.2 kb)
- Food preparation and service during a flu pandemic (PDF, 147.4 kb)
- Front Line Staff - How to Protect Yourself (PDF, 155.3 kb)
- Checking your Temperature (PDF, 129.2 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Fit Testing of P2 (N95) Masks (PDF, 223.2 kb)
- How you can tell if a business is pandemic prepared (PDF, 129.4 kb)
- Using Antivirals Safely (PDF, 181.4 kb)
- Looking after someone with suspected or confirmed H1N1 Influenza 09 (Human Swine Influenza) (PDF, 181.3 kb)
- Influenza Patient Care Chart (PDF, 173.6 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (PDF, 360.7 kb)
- Preparing for pandemic influenza: what you can do (PDF, 808.6 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Putting on and Removing a Surgical Mask (PDF, 160.7 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Fit Testing of P2 (N95) Masks (PDF, 230.1 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Procedure for Hand Rub (PDF, 208.8 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Procedure for Washing Hands (PDF, 220.0 kb)
- Infection Control Advice - Environmental Cleaning (PDF, 135.6 kb)
- Preparing childcare for an influenza pandemic (PDF, 182.4 kb)
- How schools and colleges might be affected by a pandemic (PDF, 166.4 kb)
- Pandemic Planning Checklist for Childcare (PDF, 165.8 kb)
- Personal Protective Equipment: what to stock for your business (PDF, 155.1 kb)
- Preparing your workplace for a flu pandemic (PDF, 136.8 kb)
- Protecting staff during a flu pandemic (PDF, 148.8 kb)
- Cleaning during a flu pandemic (PDF, 98.9 kb)
- Key considerations for preparing your workplace for a pandemic (PDF, 170.6 kb)
- What you can do to protect yourself from flu (PDF, 352.0 kb)
- What you can do to prepare for a flu pandemic (PDF, 125.6 kb)
- What you should know about pandemic flu (PDF, 176.1 kb)
- Influenza and the common cold - what's the difference (PDF, 185.7 kb)
