Health Alert Network (HAN) Archives

2017 HANs

  1. HAN Advisory - Increase in cases of Cyclospora cayetanensis Infection 8.9.17
  2. HAN Advisory - CDC Recommendations for Diagnosing and Managing Shigella 4.19.17
  3. HAN Advisory - CO Investigation of pet rats possibly infected with Seoul Virus 1.24.17
  4. HAN Advisory - Flu Season Guidelines 10.2.17
  5. HAN Advisory - Hantavirus in Colorado 3.21.17
  6. HAN Advisory - Hepatitis A cases in homeless persons in Colorado 9.15.17
  7. HAN Advisory - Increase in hepatitis C infection likely related to injection drug 10.27.17
  8. HAN Advisory - Novel influenza A virus detected in Colorado 11.1.17
  9. HAN Advisory - Rabies Exposure to CSU Students 8.10.17
  10. HAN Advisory - Rabies in Colorado 2017 - March 28, 2017
  11. HAN Advisory - Wound botulism associated with herion injection 10.13.17
  12. HAN Advisory - Wound botulism associated with heroin injection 10.13.17
  13. HAN Alert - Increase of Legionnaires Disease & Unexplained Pneumonia in CO 8.25.17
  14. HAN Alert - Increasing Influenza activity and the importance of antiviral use 12.28.17
  15. HAN Alert - Measles Case in the Denver Metropolitan Area 1.9.17
  16. HAN Alert - Mumps Outbreak in the Denver Metro Area 1.25.17
  17. Infectious Tidbits - Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Fall 2017
  18. Infectious Tidbits - Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Spring 2017
  19. Infectious Tidbits - Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Summer 2017
  20. Infectious Tidbits - The Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Winter 2017

2016 HANs

  1. 2015 TCHD Notifiable Disease Year in Review 6.21.16
  2. HAN Advisory - 386 Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in Patients Undergoing Hemo 1.27.16
  3. HAN Advisory - Best Practices for Using PCR 6.20.16
  4. HAN Advisory - Campylobacter Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk 9.13.16
  5. HAN Advisory - Cases of Enterovirus D68 in Children in Colorado 8.23.16
  6. HAN Advisory - CDC Updated Zika Guidance 10.20.16
  7. HAN Advisory - Congenital Syphilis in Colorado 11.21.16
  8. HAN Advisory - Flu Season Begins - Severe Influenza Illness Reported 2.1.16
  9. HAN Advisory - Guidance Related to Investigation of Mosquito-borne Zika in FL 8.1.16
  10. HAN Advisory - Guidelines for Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women or Women of Reproductive Age
  11. HAN Advisory - Hepatitis A infections linked to frozen strawberries 11.4.16
  12. HAN Advisory - Investigation of Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome and Request for Cases 3.24.16
  13. HAN Advisory - Message to Animal Control regarding recent Rabies cases
  14. HAN Advisory - Message to Law Enforcement regarding recent Rabies cases
  15. HAN Advisory - Message to Veterinarians regarding recent Rabies cases
  16. HAN Advisory - Possible Patient Exposure at Swedish Medical Center Due to Drug Diversion by a Surgic
  17. HAN Advisory - Screen high-risk individuals for TB 11.1.16
  18. HAN Advisory - Tularemia 6.30.16
  19. HAN Advisory - Wound Botulism Associated With Heroin Injection 7.14.16
  20. HAN Advisory-CONTAMINATED HEATER-COOLERS USED DURING SURGERY 10.14.16
  21. HAN Alert - First mcr-1 Gene in E. coli Found in a Human in the US 6.15.16
  22. HAN Alert - Hantavirus in Colorado 4.19.16
  23. HAN Alert - Increase in Mumps Cases 10.13.16
  24. HAN Alert - Measles Guidance 7.19.16
  25. HAN Alert - Methemoglobinemia May 2 2016
  26. HAN Alert - Mumps Outbreak February 23, 2016
  27. HAN Alert - Outbreak of E. coli Associated with a Vietnamese-style Restaurant 6.14.16
  28. HAN Alert - West Nile Virus Active in Colorado 8.10.16
  29. HAN Alert-Request for Reports of Clusters of Burkholderia in Intensive Care Units 6.24.16
  30. HAN Update - Clinical Considerations Following End of Widesped Transmission of Ebola in West Africa
  31. HAN Update - Clinicians Advised Not to Use Liquid Docusate in Any Patients 7.13.16
  32. HAN Update - Hepatitis A infections linked to frozen strawberries 11.4.16
  33. HAN Update - Increased Risk of Fentanyl-related Overdose and Fatalities 8.30.16
  34. HAN Update - Interim Guidance for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus 3.29.16
  35. HAN Update - Interim Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus - United States,
  36. HAN Update - Recommendations for Diagnostic Testing for Suspected Zika 7 14 16
  37. HAN Update - Recommendations for Diagnostic Testing of Urine Specimens for Suspected Zika Virus Infe
  38. HAN Update -Recommendations for Subsequent Zika IgM Antibody Testing 6.29.16
  39. Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter from TCHD - Winter 2016 11.22.16

2015 HANs

  1. 2014 TCHD Notifiable Diseases Year in Review 6.25.15
  2. HAN ADVISORY - U.S. MULTI-STATE MEASLES OUTBREAK, DEC 2014-JAN 2015 1.27.15
  3. HAN Advisory - Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infections - November 6, 2015
  4. HAN Advisory - Avian Influenza A 06.04.15
  5. HAN Advisory - Consider tularemia in the differential diagnosis for patients with fever of unknown o
  6. HAN Advisory - Hantavirus in Colorado 4.14.15
  7. HAN Advisory - Immediate Need for Healthcare Facilities to Review Procedures for Cleaning Reusable M
  8. HAN Advisory - Increases in Fentanyl Drug Confiscations and Fentanyl-related Overdose Fatalities 10.
  9. HAN Advisory - Influenza B and Rash 3.24.15
  10. HAN Advisory - Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women during a Zika Virus Outbreak - United States, 2
  11. HAN Advisory - Outbreak of Recent HIV and HCV Infections among Persons Who Inject Drugs4.29.15
  12. HAN Advisory - Plague (Yersinia pestis) active in Colorado 7.28.15
  13. HAN Advisory - Risk of Lead Poisoning in Children Posed by Use of Bo Ying Compound 4.14.15
  14. HAN Advisory - Salmonella Typhi (Typhoid Fever) in Colorado 10.13.15
  15. HAN Advisory - Tularemia Health Advisory 6.1.15
  16. HAN Advisory - Typhoid Fever in Colorado 11.2.15
  17. HAN Alert - Increase in Cases of E. coli O157, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome...in Denver Metropolitan Co
  18. HAN Alert - Measles Guidance for Emergency Departments and Healthcare Providers 1.8.15
  19. HAN Alert - Ocular Syphilis Cases in Colorado 7.23.15
  20. HAN Public Health Brief - Healthcare Worker Flu Immunization 9.9.15
  21. HAN Public Health Brief - Improving Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women 10.13.15
  22. HAN Public Health Brief - Increase in Vaccination Requests for School-Age Children 12.22.15
  23. HAN Update - Increased Syphilis Cases in Colorado_Men Who Have Sex With Men Most at Risk 9.11.15
  24. HAN Update - Change in Status for Travelers from Liberia to the United States 6.18.15
  25. HAN Update - Clinical Considerations for the Evaluation of ill Travelers from Liberia to the United
  26. HAN Update - Clinical Considerations for the Evaluation of Ill Travelers from Sierra Leone to the Un
  27. HAN Update - Colorado Measles Update 2015 2.10.15
  28. HAN Update - Continued Vigilance for Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis 9.4.15
  29. HAN Update - Ebola Guidance Update 2.18.15
  30. HAN Update - Measles Update and Sample Letter for Parents Guardians 2.5.15
  31. HAN Update - Monitoring To End for Travelers from Mali to the United States 1.7.15
  32. HAN Update - Treatment of Patients with Influenza with Antiviral Medications 1.13.15

2014 HANs

  1. TCHD Broadcast - Easy Accessibility to Influenza Vaccinations 10.7.14
  2. Public Health Brief 2014-15 Influenza Vaccine Recommendations 9.23.14
  3. Public Health Brief Back to School Immunizations August 2014
  4. 2013 TCHD Notifiable Diseases Year in Review 6.18.14
  5. HAN Update - Ebola Screening for Travelers from Mali 11.25.14
  6. HAN Advisory - Ebola Update – CDC Issues NEW Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Upd
  7. HAN Advisory - Ebola Update - Second Case of Ebola in the US 10.13.14
  8. HAN Advisory - Evaluating Patients for Possible Ebola Virus Disease 10.3.14
  9. HAN TCHD Health Update - Ebola Virus Disease 8.28.14
  10. HAN TCHD Health Update - Ebola Virus Disease 8.28.14
  11. CDC Ebola Key Messages 8.22.14
  12. HAN InfoService - CDC Ebola Update 3 8.25.14
  13. CDC Ebola Key Messages 8.13.14
  14. External Key Messages 8.19.14 Final
  15. HAN Advisory - Ebola Virus Confirmed in a Traveler to Nigeria, 2 U.S. Health Workers in Liberia 7.29
  16. HAN Advisory - Guidelines for Evaluation of Patients Suspected of Having Ebola Virus 8.4.14
  17. HAN InfoService - CDC Ebola Update 1 8.13.14
  18. HAN InfoService - CDC Ebola Update 2 8.21.14
  19. Interim Guidelines for Evaluation of Patients Suspected of Having Ebola Virus ABRIDGED 8.13.14
  20. Interim Guidelines for Evaluation of Patients Suspected of Having Ebola Virus LONG VERSION 8.13.14
  21. HAN Advisory - Oseltamivir Distribution 12.17.14
  22. HAN Advisory - Potential for Circulation of Drifted Influenza A (H3N2) Virus 12.5.14
  23. HAN Advisory-Fatal Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis in an Infant Following Ingestion of Contaminated Di
  24. HAN Advisory - Recall of ABC Dophilus Powder Solgar IncAssociated with a Fatal Case of Gastrointesti
  25. HAN Advisory - Guidelines for Testing Patients with Influenza Like Illness 9.26.14
  26. HAN Advisory - Acute Neurologic Illness with Focal Limb Weakness of Unknown Etiology in Children9.26
  27. HAN Advisory - Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Enterovirus D68 9.16.14
  28. HAN Advisory - Increase in Pediatric Viral Respiratory Illness 9.4.14
  29. HAN Advisory - Guidelines for Evaluation of Patients Suspected of Having Ebola Virus Disease 8.4.14
  30. HAN Advisory - Nationwide Recall of Produce due to Possible Listeria Contamination 7.24.14
  31. HAN Advisory - Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease at Health Club in Arapahoe County 4.29.14
  32. HAN Advisory - Ebola Confirmed in a Traveler to Nigeria, 2 U.S. Health Workers in Liberia 7.29.14
  33. HAN Advisory - Ebola Virus Confirmed in a Traveler to Nigeria, 2 U.S. Healthcare Workers in Liberia
  34. HAN Advisory - Automated Lab Systems Fail to Detect Plague Bacteria Reliably 8.14.14
  35. HAN Advisory - Guidelines for Evaluation of US Patients Suspected of Having Ebola Virus Disease 8.4.
  36. HAN Advisory - Ebola Virus Disease Confirmed in a Traveler to Nigeria, Two U.S. Healthcare Workers i
  37. HAN Advisory - Nationwide Recall of Produce Items due to Possible Listeria monocytogenes Contaminati
  38. HAN Advisory - Human and Canine Plague Cases in Colorado 7.10.14
  39. HAN Advisory - Human Infection with Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus 1.16.14
  40. HAN Advisory - Gastrointestinal Illness 4.30.14
  41. HAN Advisory - Increase in U.S. Measles Cases 5.16.14
  42. HAN Advisory - Increased Activity of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae in Denver 5.18.14
  43. HAN Advisory - MERS-CoV 5.6.14
  44. HAN Advisory - Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Health Club in Arapahoe County 4.2
  45. HAN Advisory - Polio Vaccination Requirements Combined 6.3.14
  46. HAN Advisory - Use and Availability of Antiviral Medication for Influenza 1.13.14
  47. HAN Advisory Human Infection with Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus 1.16.14
  48. HAN Alert - Colorado residents at risk for tularemia exposures due to outbreaks in rabbits 8.13.14
  49. HAN Alert - Colorado residents at risk for tularemia exposures due to ongoing tularemia outbreaks in
  50. HAN Alert - West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes Identified in Multiple Colorado Counties 6.23.14
  51. HAN Alert - Hepatitis A in a Larmier County Food Handler 6.27.14
  52. HAN Alert - Rabies Confirmed in Raccoon Identified in Littleton_Highlands Ranch 7.3.14
  53. HAN Alert-West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes Identified in Multiple Colorado Counties 6.23.14
  54. HAN Update - World Rabies Day is September 28 - Important Information for Animal Control 9.23.14
  55. HAN Update - World Rabies Day is September 28 - Important Information for Veterinarians 9.23.14
  56. Invitation to the 39th Annual Zoonoses Conference and Colorado Rabies Surveillance Update 3.13.14