SPOTLIGHT: Respiratory Infections

This page features learning products and resources to assist the public health community in identifying, reporting and responding to respiratory disease outbreaks.

Respiratory Infections Learning Products

How to Investigate Unexplained Respiratory Disease Outbreaks Toolkit (URDO)

• Includes tools and resources for investigating, generating and diagnosing unexplained respiratory outbreaks

Immunization Courses: Broadcasts, Webcasts, and Self Study

• Based on vaccine recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP)
• Intended for healthcare professionals

Outbreak Simulation – Pharyngitis in Louisiana

• Simulates an outbreak investigation in which the student is the lead investigator, responsible for a variety of activities
• Intended for public health professionals who are likely to lead or participate in an outbreak investigation

Pertussis Testing: Specimen Collection Videos (Swab and Aspirate)

• Demonstrates proper techniques for collecting and transporting a pertussis clinical specimen

Preparedness and Community Response to Pandemics

• Explores the epidemiology, historical context, and response efforts related to both seasonal and worldwide flu outbreaks
• Intended for a broad range of public health professionals and community responders including bioterrorism coordinators, public health professionals and other clinical professionals

Reportable Disease Surveillance

• Provides an overview of communicable disease surveillance and discusses specific types of surveillance

Respiratory Infections Resources

Valuable training and learning resources on the Spotlight topic, intended for the public health community.

• Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
• CDC
  • Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs)
  • Adenoviruses
  • Best Practices for Health Care Professionals on the use of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for Diagnosing Pertussis
  • CDC and HICPAC Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
  • Flu Activity and Surveillance
  • Human parainfluenza viruses
  • Legionellosis Resource Site
  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
  • National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS)
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prophylaxis and High-Risk Groups
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Guidelines for Infants and Children at Risk for Severe Illness Due to RSV Infection
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
• The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Disease Society of America

Respiratory Infections Social Media

Share information about respiratory infections with your colleagues and others by using the following Social Media tools:

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• Appropriate Antibiotic Use eCards
• Influenza (Flu) eCards
• Pertussis eCards

Podcasts and Videos

• Appropriate Antibiotic Use
• Pertussis (whooping cough) Multimedia
• RSV for Young and Old
• Seasonal Influenza Video/Audio Tools

Widgets

• The Flu Ends With U
• Seasonal Flu Updates

Page maintained by: Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office

Information regarding training products and resources featured in the Spotlight was provided by

• TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network (TRAIN), a free service of the Public Health Foundation
• National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)