Health Alert Network (HAN) Archives

2021 HANs

  1. HAN Advisory - Recall of LeadCare blood lead tests due to risk of falsely low results - 7.9.2021
  2. HAN Update – Deactivation of Crisis Standards of Care – Personal Protective Equipment – June 28, 2021
  3. HAN Update - LeadCare blood lead test kit recall - October 1, 2021
  4. HAN Update - Multistate Investigation of Non-travel Associated Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections (Melioidosis) in Four Patients 2021

2020 HANs

  1. HAN Advisory - Colorado Crisis Standards of Care activated for PPE and EMS - April 9, 2019
  2. HAN Advisory - First Human Case of West Nile Virus for the 2020 Season - August 14, 2020
  3. HAN Advisory - Guidance for using rapid diagnostic tests for Ebola in the U.S. - Jan. 2, 2020
  4. HAN Advisory - Influenza activity and the importance of antiviral use - Jan. 15, 2020
  5. HAN Advisory - List of COVID-19 Antibody Tests that should no longer be used in the U.S. 5.27.2020
  6. HAN Advisory - Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19
  7. HAN Advisory - Nitrosamine guidance for TB healthcare providers - October 7, 2020
  8. HAN Advisory - Outbreak of Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology (PUE) in Wuhan, China
  9. HAN Advisory - Prepare early for flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic - June 12,2020
  10. HAN Advisory - Reminder to Clinicians regarding Legionnaires Disease and Legionella Testing during COVID-19 Pandemic - September 8, 2020
  11. HAN Advisory – Sanofi-Aventis to Discontinue Three Rifampin Products 9.1.2020
  12. HAN Advisory - Severe Illness Associated with Using Non-Pharmaceutical Chloroquine Phosphate to Prevent and Treat Coronavirus Disease 2019 3/28
  13. HAN Advisory - Sharp rise in STIs in Colorado continues, includes congenital syphilis Jan. 28, 2020
  14. HAN Advisory-Detection of Ciprofloxacin resistant B-lactamase producing Neisseria meningitdis Serogroup Y Isolates-U.S. 2019-2020
  15. HAN Advisory-Serious Adverse Health Events Associated with Methanol-based Hand Sanitizers 7.7.2020
  16. HAN Update - COVID-19 New and Updated Information - March 11, 2020
  17. HAN Update - COVID-19 New and Updated Information - March 13, 2020
  18. HAN Update - COVID-19 New and Updated Information - March 7, 2020
  19. HAN Update - COVID-19 Vaccine Plan for Long Term Care Facilities 10.28.2020
  20. HAN Update – Information for Patients about COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine – October 9, 2020
  21. HAN Update - Information for Patients about COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine, Testing, and Contact Tracing - July 17, 2020
  22. HAN Update - Information for Patients about COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine, Testing, and Contact Tracing - July 22, 2020
  23. HAN Update - Updated guidance for health care professionals treating E-cigarette or Vaping- Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) - Jan. 3, 2020

2019 HANs

  1. HAN Advisory - Availability of treatment for severe malaria 2.12.19
  2. HAN Advisory - CDC advisory on third U.S. case of RB51 Brucella 1.24.19
  3. HAN Advisory - Frozen blackberry recall for possible hepatitis A risk - June 11, 2019
  4. HAN Advisory - Hantavirus in Colorado 2019 4.10.19
  5. HAN Advisory - Increase in HIV in Colorado, especially among females and people who inject drugs - August 12, 2019
  6. HAN Advisory - Increasing influenza activity and the importance of antiviral use - Jan. 9, 2019
  7. HAN Advisory - Mumps outbreaks in Colorado 2.8.19
  8. HAN Advisory - Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigens CDC Recommendations for Patient Care and Public Health Practice
  9. HAN Advisory - Possible Increased Risk of Fentanyl Overdose From Black Tar Heroin in Denver - November 12, 2019
  10. HAN Advisory - Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among Pregnant Women and Infants, October 21, 2019
  11. HAN Advisory - Provider compliance with ACIP - recommended vaccine timing and spacing 12.27.19
  12. HAN Advisory - Screening recommendations for antimicrobial-resistant pathogens following international travel - July 9, 2019
  13. HAN Advisory - Sharp rise in STIs in Colorado continues includes congenital syphilis
  14. HAN Advisory - Silicosis in stone fabrication workers - Oct. 2, 2019
  15. HAN Advisory - TB Investigation at Aurora Hills Middle School - Jan. 16, 2019
  16. HAN Advisory - TB Investigation at Metro State University 3.25.19
  17. HAN Advisory - West Nile Virus Activity in Colorado 7.25.19
  18. HAN Alert - Indicators of Influenza Activity Show Marked Increase in Disease - December 17, 2019
  19. HAN Alert - Measles Cases in the Denver Metro Area - December 16, 2019
  20. HAN Update - CDC Definition of Out-of-Hospital Vaping Associated Lung Injury Death - 10.18.19
  21. HAN Update - Colorado hepatitis A outbreak update - Dec. 4, 2019
  22. HAN Update - Colorado hepatitis A outbreak update - March 26, 2019
  23. HAN Update - Interim Guidance for Health Care Professionals Treating Vaping Associated Lung Injury - October 18, 2019
  24. HAN Update - TB investigation at Aurora Hills Middle School 2.28.19

2018 HANs

  1. HAN Advisory - Advice to Clinicians about Leptospirosis in U.S. Travelers Returning from Northern Israel 9.7.18
  2. HAN Advisory - Controlling the Spread of Enterovirus in Child Care Settings 7.19.18 (PDF)
  3. HAN Advisory - Hantavirus in Denver 3.2.18 (PDF)
  4. HAN Advisory - Lymphogranuloma Venereum cases in Colorado 4.20.18 (PDF)
  5. HAN Advisory - Meningococcal Disease at CU Boulder 11.5.18 (PDF)
  6. HAN Advisory - Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections among Persons Who Use Drugs and Persons Experiencing Homelessness 6.12.18
  7. HAN Advisory - Outbreak of Life-threatening Coagulopathy from Synthetic Cannabinoids Use 5.18 (PDF)
  8. HAN Advisory - Possible contamination of water supply at Water World 6.14.18 (PDF)
  9. HAN Advisory - Screen youth for vaping and counsel as appropriate 11.7.18 (PDF)
  10. HAN Advisory - Sharp rise in STIs in Colorado continues includes congenital syphilis
  11. HAN Advisory - Using Human Rabies Immunoglobulin (HRIG) for Rabies Exposures 9.12.18 (PDF)
  12. HAN Alert - Indicators of Influenza Activity Show Marked Increase in Disease 12.18.18
  13. HAN Public Health Brief - New Communicable Disease After-Hours Number 12.21.18
  14. HAN Update - CDC Recommendations for Managing and Reporting Shigella Infections with Possible Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin 6.8.18
  15. HAN Update - Neurologic complications associated with enterovirus A71 infection in children 6.27.18
  16. HAN Update - Neurologic complications associated with enterovirus A71 infection in children 9.13.18
  17. HAN Update - Possible contamination of water supply at Water World 6.29.18
  18. HAN Update - Rising Numbers of Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs, Increased Usage and Mixing with Non-opioids 7.12.18
  19. HAN Update - Screen for STIs - October 3, 2018
  20. Infectious Tidbits - The Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Fall 2018 (PDF)
  21. Infectious Tidbits - The Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Spring 2018 (PDF)
  22. Infectious Tidbits - The Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Summer 2018 (PDF)
  23. Infectious Tidbits - The Quarterly Infectious Disease Newsletter Winter 2018

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