Clinicians & Health Departments
Clinicians, promptly recognize AFM symptoms, hospitalize the patient, collect specimens, and contact your health department immediately.
Top Clinician Resources
- Job Aid for Clinicians: How to send info about patient under investigation (PUI)pdf icon
- Patient Summary Form: Wordword icon | PDFpdf icon
- Specimen Collection Instructions
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM): Clinical Overview ppt icon[PPT – 3 MB]
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Interim Considerations for Clinical Management
- AFM Physician Consult and Support Portalexternal icon
- Frequently Asked Questions
For additional resources for clinicians, patients, and parents, see the Resources and References webpage.
Page last reviewed: June 30, 2020