Fight The Flu LA

FOR HealthCare Providers

Fight The Flu Flyers

If your job is helping others, your first job is protecting yourself.

For Healthcare and EMS workers

Getting your flu shots now is a labor of love.

For Expecting mothers

Children under 6 months old can’t get them. But you can.

For Parents and caregivers of children 0 to 6 months old

If your child is in daycare, they need extra care from you.

For Children 6 months old and older

The smartest way to keep kids in school.

For School-aged children

For Clinicians and Public Health Professionals

Although the 2009 H1N1 virus continues to circulate in our state, nation and world, it is no longer necessary to test every suspected case. The CDC now recommends a return to “routine” influenza testing and surveillance, which means DHH’s state laboratory is now only testing severe cases of influenza-like illness (hospitalized patients) and suspected cases from our “sentinel network,” a small group of participating physicians and hospitals around the state that test patients with ILI.

Louisiana doctors, nurses and other public health professionals should consider the possibility of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infections in patients with febrile respiratory illness.

If 2009 H1N1 flu is suspected, and the patient is hospitalized, the clinician should contact their local Louisiana public health office or lab or the Central State Public Health Lab.

Differentiating Between Live Attenuated Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Monovalent Influenza Vaccines »
H1N1 Vaccine Nasal Spray Fact Sheet (CDC) »
H1N1 Injectable Vaccine Fact Sheet (CDC) »
Handling Instructions for H1N1 Vaccine »
Listing of Pharmacies Distributing Antivirals » Influenza Guidelines

When to test for Influenza

Surveillance Data

Influenza Surveillance Report

Contact DHH Office of Public Health

Louisiana Office of Public Health Lab
OPH Laboratory: 504-219-4664 (7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
OPH Regional Offices: (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Region 1: 504-599-0100
St. Bernard, Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines
Region 2: 225-925-7200
Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
Region 3: 985-447-0916
Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, Terrebonne
Region 4: 337-262-5311
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermillion
Region 5: 337-475-3200
Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis
Region 6: 318-487-5262
Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, Winn
Region 7: 318-676-7489
Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, Sabine, Webster
Region 8: 318-361-7201
Caldwell, East Caroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Caroll
Region 9: 985-871-1300
Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington

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