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Health System Restricts Young People from Facilities to Prevent H1N1
Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, September 25, 2009
Moses Cone might be at the start of a trend. Jim Lott, executive vice president of the Hospital Association of Southern California in Los Angeles, says there are many hospitals that are considering the policy and a handful that are implementing it.
A presidential panel last month reported that swine flu could infect half of the U.S. population this fall and winter and cause as many as 90,000 deaths. That is more than twice the number of a normal flu season.
The first H1N1 flu virus vaccines are expected early next month with most of the first six to seven million in nasal spray form. Federal officials expect 40 million doses will be available by the middle of October.
Les Masterson is an editor for HealthLeaders Media.
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