Rhode Island Department of Health

Advisories and Updates for Health Care Providers

CDC Investigation: CDC Investigation and Interim Recommendations: Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections -- United States, 2008-2009. CDC Health Advisory, January 20, 2009

CDC Issues Interim Recommendations for the Use of Influenza Antiviral Medications in the Setting of Oseltamivir Resistance among Circulating Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses, 2008-09 Influenza Season CDC Health Advisory, December 19, 2008

Vancomycin-Intermediate Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) Health Advisory, September 24, 2008

Measles outbreaks in the United States: Public health preparedness, control and response in healthcare settings and the community CDC Health Advisory: April 2, 2008

Outbreak of Botulism Associated with Canned Chili, July 2007 CDC Health Advisory: July 22, 2007

Hepatitis A infections Linked to Children Adopted from Ethiopia and their Family Contacts CDC Health Advisory: July 19, 2007

Update: Foodborne Botulism Associated with Canned Chili Sauce CDC Health Update: July 19, 2007
This product is being removed from sale sources in RI by the Department of Health Office of Food Protection.

Corrected: Investigation of U.S. Traveler with Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) CDC Health Update: May 29, 2007

Date: 4.16.07
To: All Rhode Island licensed physicians
Re: UPDATE Virulent Clostridium difficile (NAP1 or ribotype 027)
PFGE NAP1 has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a specimen from a RI resident.

Virulent Clostridium difficile (NAP1 or ribotype 027): An emerging pathogen February 28, 2007

School Nurse Teacher Update: Pneumonia Surveillance Logs January 31, 2007

Health Advisory to Kent County Health Care Providers GI Illness at Harold Scott Elementary School, Warwick January 23, 2007