Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , January 2010

Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season

  • Mark R. Mueller, MPH

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM
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  • Philip J. Smith, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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  • Joan P. Baumbach, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM
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  • John P. Palumbo, MS

      Affiliations

    • Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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  • James I. Meek, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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  • Ken Gershman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO
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  • Meredith Vandermeer, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Public Health Division, Portland, OR
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  • Ann R. Thomas, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Public Health Division, Portland, OR
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  • Christine E. Long, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Emerging Infections Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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  • Ruth Belflower, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Emerging Infections Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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  • Nancy L. Spina, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Emerging Infections Program, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
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  • Karen G. Martin, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN
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  • Ruth Lynfield, MD

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN
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  • Kyle P. Openo, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Emory University School of Medicine and Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, GA
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  • Pamala D. Kirley, MPH

      Affiliations

    • California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, CA
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  • Lauren E. Pasutti, MPH

      Affiliations

    • California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, CA
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  • Brenda G. Barnes, RN

      Affiliations

    • Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN
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  • William Schaffner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN
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  • Laurie Kamimoto, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Laurie Kamimoto, MD, MPH, CDC, Influenza Division, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A-32 Atlanta, GA 30333; 404-639-4653, fax 404-639-3866

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 25 August 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Gregory J. Moran, MD

 Author contributions: JPB, JIM, KG, ART, RL, WS, and LK conceived the study and designed the survey. MRM, JPB, JPP, KG, MV, ART, CEL, RB, KGM, RL, KPO, PDK, LEP, BGB, and WS supervised or conducted data collection. PJS provided statistical advice on data analysis. MRM drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. LK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

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 Please see page 33 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01557-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.019

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , January 2010

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