Delaware Health Alert Network Notifications 2003

2003: December | November | October | September | August | July | June | May | April | March | February |

December

• Delaware Health Update - Update on Public Health Precautions Related to Orange Threat Level:  Part 4
  December 31, 2003 DHAN #66
• Delaware Health Update - Update on Public Health Precautions Related to Orange Threat Level:  Part 3
  December 31, 2003 DHAN #65
• Delaware Health Update - Update on Public Health Precautions Related to Orange Threat Level:  Part 2
  December 31, 2003 DHAN #64
• Delaware Health Update - Update on Public Health Precautions Related to Orange Threat Level:  Part 1
  December 31, 2003 DHAN #63
• Delaware Health Advisory - Request for Reports on Deaths Among Children w/Lab Confirmed Influenza Virus Infection
  December 23, 2003 DHAN #62
• Delaware Health Advisory - Delaware Raises Threat Level to Orange
  December 22, 2003 DHAN #61
• Delaware Health Advisory - Threat Level Orange - Hospital Preparedness
  December 22, 2003 DHAN #60
• Delaware Health Update - Influenza in DE and CDC Information on Antiviral Medications
  December 19, 2003 DHAN #59
• Delaware Health Advisory - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan
  December 17, 2003 DHAN #58
• Delaware Health Advisory - CDC Assessing Influenza Vaccine
  December 5, 2003 DHAN #57
• Delaware Health Advisory: New Cases of Influenza Reported in Delaware
  December 2, 2003 DHAN #56

November

• Delaware Health Advisory: Hepatitis A Health Alert
  November 17, 2003 DHAN #55
• Delaware Health Advisory: Evidence of Influenza Reported in Delaware
  November 14, 2003 DHAN #54
• Delaware Health Advisory: Anthrax Report
  November 7, 2003 DHAN #53

October

• Delaware Health Update: Influenza
  October 30, 2003 DHAN #52
• Delaware Health Advisory: SARS Guidelines for Health Professionals Available
  October 28, 2003 DHAN #51
• Delaware Health Advisory: Ricin at South Carolina U.S. Postal Facility
  October 23, 2003 DHAN #50
• Delaware Health Advisory: Reports of Blue Discoloration and Death in Patients Receiving Enteral Feedings Tinted with the Dye, FD&C Blue No. 1
  October 16, 2003 DHAN #49

September

• Delaware Health Advisory: Avoiding Injury During Storm Clean-Up
  September 19, 2003 DHAN #48
• Delaware Health Advisory: Coping With Stressful Emergencies
  September 19, 2003 DHAN #47
• Delaware Health Advisory: Hurricane Recovery: Safety From The Start
  September 19, 2003 DHAN #46
• Delaware Health Advisory: Water Damage Requires Careful Attention
  September 19, 2003 DHAN #45
• Delaware Health Advisory: Avoid Viruses and Disease During and After Floods
  September 19, 2003 DHAN #44
• Delaware Health Advisory: Tetanus Shots Available Sept. 17 to Protect Emergency Workers
  September 17, 2003 DHAN #43
• Delaware Health Advisory: First 2003 Human Case of West Nile Virus
  September 5, 2003 DHAN #42

August

• Delaware Health Update: Legionnaires' Disease
  August 26, 2003 DHAN #41
• Delaware Health Advisory: Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus
  August 5, 2003 DHAN #39

July

• Delaware Health Advisory: Additional Legionnaires' Disease Cases Bring Total to 15
  July 30, 2003 DHAN #38
• Health Advisory: Rabies: Laurel and Kent County, Delaware
  July 24, 2003 DHAN #37
• Delaware Health Advisory: Tuberculosis Investigation Continues at Nursing Home
  July 23, 2003 DHAN #36
• Delaware Health Advisory: Increased Reports of Legionnaires Disease in Delaware and Mid-Atlantic States
  July 10, 2003 (Updated July 11, 2003) DHAN #35
• Delaware Health Advisory: First Crow Tested Positive For West Nile Virus
  July 1, 2003 DHAN #33

June

• Delaware Health Update: Monkeypox-Like Infections
  June 11, 2003  DHAN #31
• Delaware Health Update: Revised Case Definition For SARS
  June 10, 2003  DHAN #30
• CDC Health Advisory: Suspected Monkeypox-Like Infections In Persons Having Contact With Prairie Dogs
  June 8, 2003  DHAN #29

May

• DPH Health Update: Updated Threat Level Orange Information
  May 23, 2003  DHAN #28
• DPH Health Update: Updated SARS Information
  May 23, 2003  DHAN #27
• Delaware Hospital Alert
  May 20, 2003  DHAN #26
• CDC Broadcast “Increasing Clinician Preparedness For SARS”
  May 7, 2003  DHAN #25
• CDC Health Update: Laboratory Testing For SARS
  May 6, 2003  DHAN #24

April

• Delaware Health Advisory: Avian Influenza A (H7N7) Infection - Enhanced Influenza Surveillance In The United States
  April 28, 2003  DHAN #23
• CDC Health Updates: SARS Update And CDC Interim Guidance On Use Of Respirators To Prevent Transmission of SARS
  April 21, 2003  DHAN #22
• CDC Health Advisory: CDC Accepts ACIP Recommendations Regarding Smallpox Vaccinations And Cardiac Events And Distributes Revised Pre-Vaccination Education Materials
  April 1, 2003  DHAN #21
• Information Notice Broadcast: Preventing The Spread Of SARS
  April 1, 2003  DHAN #20

March

• CDC Health Update: Updated Interim U.S. SARS Case
  March 29, 2003  DHAN #19
• CDC Health Advisory: Interim Guidance On Infection Control Precautions For Patients With Suspected SARS And Close Contacts In Households
  March 29, 2003  DHAN #18
• CDC Health Update: Information For People Who Have Recently Received The Smallpox Vaccine
  March 28, 2003  DHAN #17
• Delaware Health Advisory: Theft Of Herbicide Containing Paraquat - Health Impact Of Exposure To Paraquat
  March 28, 2003  DHAN #16
• CDC Health Advisory: Interim Domestic Guidance For Management Of Exposures To SARS For Healthcare And Other Institutional Settings
  March 27, 2003  DHAN #15
• CDC Health Advisory: Smallpox: People With Known Cardiac Disease Should Not Be Vaccinated
  March 26, 2003  DHAN #14
• CDC Health Update: Supplemental Information:  Novel Coronavirus Linked To SARS
  March 24, 2003  DHAN #13
• CDC Health Update: CDC Lab Analysis Suggests New Coronavirus May Cause SARS
  March 24, 2003  DHAN #12
• CDC Health Update: Updated Interim U.S. SARS Case Definition
  March 22, 2003  DHAN #11
• CDC Health Update: Preliminary Clinical Description Of SARS
  March 22, 2003  DHAN #10
• CDC Health Update: Interim Laboratory BioSafety Guidelines For Handling And Processing Specimens Associated With SARS
  March 22, 2003  DHAN #9
• CDC And EPA Water Advisory In Response To High Threat Level
  March 21, 2003  DHAN #8
• CDC Health Update: Infection Control Precautions For SARS
  March 20, 2003  DHAN #7
• CDC Health Update: SARS Update With Delaware Specific Information
  March 20, 2003  DHAN #6
• Delaware Health Alert: Delaware Orange Hospital Alert
  March 19, 2003  DHAN #5
• Delaware Health Alert: Code Orange High Threat Alert
  March 19, 2003  DHAN #4
• CDC Health Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Update
  March 19, 2003  DHAN #3b
• CDC Health Advisory: Information Regarding The Current WHO Investigation Of Atypical Pneumonia
  March 15, 2003  DHAN #3a
• CDC Health Advisory: Interim Guidance For State and Local Health Departments – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  March 15, 2003  DHAN #3
• CDC Health Update: Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Disease Outbreak Reported
  March 12, 2003  DHAN #2b
• CDC Health Update: HHS Proposes Smallpox Vaccination Compensation Plan
  March 6, 2003  DHAN #2a

February

• CDC Advisory: National Terrorism Threat Level Increase
  February 7, 2003  DHAN #2
• Delaware Health Alert: Health Alert For Medical Community
  February 7, 2003  DHAN #1a
• Delaware Health Alert: Threat Level Orange
  February 7, 2003  DHAN #1