Allina News

[WCCO-TV, Nov. 8, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics Vice President for Safety, Judith Napier, part of Allina’s H1N1 planning team, was interviewed on WCCO 4 News Sunday Morning  by Esme Murphy on the elusive H1N1 vaccine and the challenges the virus poses to health care organizations. Watch the interview at wcco.com or click below.

[Star Tribune, Nov. 6, 2009] For parents of children who have received their first H1N1 shots, the frustrations may not be over. Clinics are warning they may not have enough vaccine on hand to give booster shots exactly on schedule — 28 days after the first dose. Federal officials have said children 9 and younger [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, Oct. 28, 2009] It appears a lot of people with the H1N1 flu do not experience a fever, and the absence of a fever could mean they are not taking enough precautions to prevent transmitting the virus to others. In Minnesota, the no-fever issue has been a hot topic among some health [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Nov. 1, 2009] It’s time for a little common sense. In its most recently released statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that influenza activity continued to increase in the United States. The conclusion that we ought to draw is that the H1N1 virus is real and is a threat [...]

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 30, 2009] For the first time, Minnesota hospitals are banding together to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu to patients and visitors by increasing restrictions for those coming in. Most hospitals are limiting the number of visitors to 3 or 4. There are cut backs on visiting hours and new rules for [...]

[Star Tribune, Oct. 30, 2009] Starting Monday, children under age 5 will be barred from visiting patients at most Twin Cities area hospitals. The new limits were announced at a joint news conference Friday, as hospitals increased efforts to keep patients and visitors from infecting one another with the H1N1 flu. The new restrictions, which [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, Oct. 28, 2009] It appears a lot of people with the H1N1 flu do not experience a fever, and the absence of a fever could mean they are not taking enough precautions to prevent transmitting the virus to others. Fever and flu go hand-in-hand – at least that’s the case most of [...]

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 24, 2009]  One Twin Cities medical group  is now Tweeting updates about H1N1 news. Allina Hospitals & Clinics is using online social networking to keep the community informed. See the story here on wcco.com or click the video link below.

[WCCO Radio, Ot. 19, 2009] Concern about spreading the flu to newborns and young patients means visitors will be screened for the disease.  Visitors at all ten Allina Hospitals are being asked if they have any symptoms of either H1N1 or seasonal flu. Read the whole story at the WCCO Radio web site.

[WCCO Radio, Oct. 20, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics has implemented a new visitor policy in response to the spread of the H1N1 virus. Allina Infection Control Practitioner Cindy Larson was interviewed on WCCO’s Mondale and Jones radio program about the new policy.

[Star Tribune, Oct. 19, 2009] With the recent spread of the H1N1 flu virus, several Twin Cities hospitals and clinics have enacted or are considering restrictions on visitors who are coming to see patients. Allina Hospitals and Clinics are requiring anybody entering birth centers and pediatric units at 10 hospitals in Minnesota and western Wisconsin to [...]

[KMSP-TV, Oct. 17, 2009] Allina Hospitals and Clinics telling people if you want to visit its hospital birth centers and pediatrics unit, you will be screened for the H1N1 virus. Allina says the new policy is designed to protect new mothers, pediatric patients and newborn babies from exposure to the virus. Read the full story [...]