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**'''Off of flu season''' we consider testing to be positive '''only if the FINAL CADHAM result was positive'''. Thus, off of flu season influenza tests done by the separate hospital labs and preliminary Cadham results are ''ignored''. | **'''Off of flu season''' we consider testing to be positive '''only if the FINAL CADHAM result was positive'''. Thus, off of flu season influenza tests done by the separate hospital labs and preliminary Cadham results are ''ignored''. | ||
***'''NOTE''': As of January 2018 there are 3 "flavors" of influenza tests being done in the WRHA. | ***'''NOTE''': As of January 2018 there are 3 "flavors" of influenza tests being done in the WRHA. | ||
**** | ****1). some individual hospital labs run a test locally, done only on swabs (not body fluids). | ||
**** | ****2). Cadham does a “Preliminary” test | ||
**** | ****3). Cadham does the “final” testing, which they will run on either swabs or body fluids. | ||
*[2] Whether a “full course” of treatment was given for influenza, with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or another anti-flu agent. | *[2] Whether a “full course” of treatment was given for influenza, with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or another anti-flu agent. | ||
**A full course of Tamiflu is 5 days for mild disease. | **A full course of Tamiflu is 5 days for mild disease. | ||