{"id":10494,"date":"2025-03-01T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/alertshan2012\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:59:27","slug":"alertshan2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alertshan2012\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alertshan2012 ~  DPH Services: Health Alert Network Notices  &#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\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n    \n\n\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\/alertshan2012.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    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Delaware Health Alert Network Notifications 2012<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n    \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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Contamination of Additional Medical Products from New England Compounding Center\n\n\n    (NECC)<\/a><br>\n\n\n    November 7, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 285\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan284.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Recall of Unexpired Ameridose Products<\/a><br>\n\n\n    November 7, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 284\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan283.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Updated Guidance from FDA and CDC: Fungal Meningitis Outbreak<\/a><br>\n\n\n    November 5, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 283\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  <a class=\"anchors\" id=\"October\"><\/a>October\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan282.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; First Case of Lab Confirmed Influenza A for the 2012-2013 Season<\/a><br>\n\n\n    October 26, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 282\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan281.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Extension of Black Widow Spider Antivenom Expiration Date<\/a><br>\n\n\n    October 25, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 281\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan280.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; UPDATE: Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Joint Infections Associated\n\n\n    with Contaminated Steroid Medications<\/a><br>\n\n\n    October 18, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 280\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan279.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Meningitis and Stroke Associated with Potentially Contaminated Product<\/a><br>\n\n\n    October 5, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 279\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan278.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; A Multi-State Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis<\/a><br>\n\n\n    October 4, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 278\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  <a class=\"anchors\" id=\"September\"><\/a>September\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan277.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Announcement of Change Clarifications to Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines<\/a><br>\n\n\n    September 6, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 277\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan276.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; CDC Recommendations for Baby Boomers: Get Blood Test for Hepatitis C<\/a><br>\n\n\n    September 6, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 276\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan275.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Cases Associated with Staying in Yosemite\n\n\n    National Park, California<\/a><br>\n\n\n    September 6, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 275\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  <a class=\"anchors\" id=\"August\"><\/a>August\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan274.html\">Delaware Health Advisory &#8211; Evidence of West Nile Virus in Delaware<\/a><br>\n\n\n    August 17, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 274\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan273.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Announcement of Changes to Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines<\/a><br>\n\n\n    August 17, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 273\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan272.html\">Delaware Health Advisory &#8211; Increase in Influenza A H3N2v Virus Infections in U.S.<\/a><br>\n\n\n    August 8, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 272\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  <a class=\"anchors\" id=\"July\"><\/a>July\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan271.html\">Delaware Health Advisory &#8211; Tick-Borne Diseases &#8211; Prevention is Key<\/a><br>\n\n\n    July 24, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 271\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan270.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; Third Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (VRSA) Case Identified in\n\n\n    Delaware<\/a><br>\n\n\n    July 9, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 270\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  <a class=\"anchors\" id=\"June\"><\/a>June\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan269.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; CDC Announcement About Use of Azithromycin for the Treatment of Chlamydia and\n\n\n    Gonorrhea<\/a><br>\n\n\n    June 4, 2012 &#8211; DHAN # 269\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"alerts\/dhan268.html\">Delaware Health Alert &#8211; 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