{"id":10465,"date":"2025-03-01T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan84\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:56:57","slug":"dhan84","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan84\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan84 ~  Division of Public Health &#8211; &#8211; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan84.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->84 <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->October 6, 2004 12:50 pm <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Below is information provided by CDC. For additional\n\n\n  information or clarification, please call the Division\u2019s Epi Hotline at 1-888-295-5156.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n  This is an official<br>\n\n\n  CDC Health Advisory\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Distributed via Health Alert Network<br>\n\n\n  October 5, 2004 10:25 EDT (10:25 PM EDT)<br>\n\n\n  CDCHAN-00214-04-10-05-ADV-N\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n  Interim Influenza Vaccination Recommendations \u2014<br>\n\n\n  2004\u201305 Influenza Season\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  On October 5, 2004, CDC was notified by Chiron Corporation that none of its influenza vaccine (Fluvirin<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>) would be\n\n\n  available for distribution in the United States for the 2004\u201305 influenza season. The company indicated that the Medicines and\n\n\n  Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom, where Chiron\u2019s Fluvirin vaccine is produced, has suspended the\n\n\n  company\u2019s license to manufacture Fluvirin vaccine in its Liverpool facility for 3 months, preventing any release of this vaccine\n\n\n  for this influenza season. This action will reduce by approximately one half the expected supply of trivalent inactivated vaccine (flu\n\n\n  shot) available in the United States for the 2004\u201305 influenza season.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The remaining supply of influenza vaccine expected to be available in the United States this season is nearly 54 million doses of\n\n\n  Fluzone<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (inactivated flu shot) manufactured by Aventis Pasteur, Inc. Of these doses, approximately 30 million doses\n\n\n  already have been distributed by the manufacturer. In addition, approximately 1.1 million doses of live attenuated influenza vaccine\n\n\n  (LAIV\/FluMist<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>) manufactured by MedImmune will be available this season.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Because of this urgent situation, CDC, in coordination with its Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), is issuing interim\n\n\n  recommendations for influenza vaccination during the 2004\u201305 season. These interim recommendations were formally recommended by\n\n\n  ACIP on October 5, 2004, and take precedence over earlier recommendations.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h4>\n\n\n  Priority Groups for Influenza Vaccination\n\n\n<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The following priority groups for vaccination with inactivated influenza vaccine this season are considered to be of equal importance and\n\n\n  are:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>all children aged 6\u201323 months;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>adults aged 65 years and older;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>persons aged 2\u201364 years with underlying chronic medical conditions;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>all women who will be pregnant during the influenza season;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>children aged 6 months\u201318 years on chronic aspirin therapy;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>health-care workers involved in direct patient care; and\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of children aged <6 months.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h4>\n\n\n  Other Vaccination Recommendations\n\n\n<\/h4>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>Persons in priority groups identified above should be encouraged to search locally for vaccine if their regular health-care provider\n\n\n  does not have vaccine available.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Intranasally administered, live, attenuated influenza vaccine, if available, should be encouraged for healthy persons who are aged\n\n\n  5\u201349 years and are not pregnant, including health-care workers (except those who care for severely immunocompromised patients in\n\n\n  special care units) and persons caring for children aged <6 months.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Certain children aged <9 years require 2 doses of vaccine if they have not previously been vaccinated. All children at high risk\n\n\n  for complications from influenza, including those aged 6\u201323 months, who present for vaccination, should be vaccinated with a first\n\n\n  or second dose, depending on vaccination status. However, doses should not be held in reserve to ensure that 2 doses will be available.\n\n\n  Instead, available vaccine should be used to vaccinate persons in priority groups on a first-come, first-serve basis.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h4>\n\n\n  Vaccination of Persons in Nonpriority Groups\n\n\n<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Persons who are not included in one of the priority groups described above should be informed about the urgent vaccine supply situation\n\n\n  and asked to forego or defer vaccination.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h4>\n\n\n  Persons Who Should Not Receive Influenza Vaccine\n\n\n<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Persons in the following groups should not receive influenza vaccine before talking with their doctor:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>persons with a severe allergy (i.e., anaphylactic allergic reaction) to hens&#8217; eggs and\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>persons who previously had onset of Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome during the 6 weeks after receiving influenza vaccine.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Additional information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\" title=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu<\/a> or\n\n\n  through the CDC public response hotline, telephone 888-246-2675 (English), 888-246-2857 (Espa\u00f1ol) or 866-874-2646 (TTY).\n\n\n<\/p><!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n        <div class=\"panel panel-danger\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel-heading\">    \n\n      <h2>Categories of Health Alert messages:<\/h2>\n\n       <\/div>\n\n       <div class=\"panel-body\">\n\n      <ul>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Alert:<\/strong> Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Advisory:<\/strong> Provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Update:<\/strong> Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n            <\/ul>\n\n         <div><strong>NOTE: This page is for informational purposes only and dated material (e.g. temporary websites) may not be available.<\/strong><\/div>\n\n          <\/div> \n\n        <\/div><br>  \n\n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Delaware Health Alert Network #84 October 6, 2004 12:50 pm Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9294,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10465","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11641,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10465\/revisions\/11641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}