Dental CE Course: Influenza: A Comprehensive Review

The purpose of this course is to help healthcare professionals understand the burden of influenza on their patients and their community. Information will be included to help healthcare professionals accept the importance of influenza vaccine in lessening the impact of the disease on their patients, preventing complications and hospitalizations, and saving healthcare dollars. Manufacture, side effects, effectiveness, storage and administration of the vaccine will be discussed. Guidelines on distinguishing influenza from influenza-like illnesses, especially those that could be used as biological weapons, will be provided. This course will also focus on the concern about avian influenza and the expected influenza pandemic.