Influenza guidelines and resources for health professionals

A collection of digital guidelines, clinic resources and helpful links about influenza, including alerts and medicines information.

See Immunisation resources to order professionally printed immunisation resources.

Flowcharts

Posters for general practice, workplaces and communities

The following posters will assist with infection prevention and control at your site premises:

Guideline for Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs)

The National Guidelines for the Prevention, Control and Public Health Management of Outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infection (including COVID-19 and Influenza) in Residential Care Facilities provides information on how to:

  • prepare for an influenza outbreak
  • manage a suspected outbreak of influenza
  • manage a confirmed outbreak of influenza

Also see Figure 1: Overview of initial actions – New Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) Symptoms within the above guideline for information.

The Oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) fact sheet (PDF 244KB), provides general practitioners the relevant information on the use in residential aged care facilities (RACF).  

Clinical fact sheets

Managing pregnant women with suspected influenza fact sheet (PDF 100KB)

Resources

Seasonal influenza immunisation program

Patient fact sheets

Health alerts

Public Health Alerts issued by SA Health

Websites