Swine Influenza A (H1N1) viral infection -
Patient and Visitor Information
(updated Wednesday, 10 March 2010)
Patients and visitors to Bupa Cromwell Hospital have
to be assessed to ascertain their level of risk of incubating
the swine influenza A (H1N1) viral infection, before being given
access to the hospital.
This strategy is to safeguard all patients, visitors and staff
at the hospital and is line with national recommendations by the
Health Protection Agency.
If you have flu-like symptoms such as:
- Fever ≥ 38°C OR history of fever
AND
- flu-like illness (cough, runny nose, limb/joint pain,
headache)
you may have swine flu.
What to do
Please stay at home and check your symptoms
using the National Pandemic Flu Service via www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu
or call 0800 1 513 100 (0800 1 513 200 for textphone).
The National Flu Service is a new self-care
service that will give people with swine flu symptoms fast access
to information and antivirals. Your symptoms will be assessed
and if required, provide an authorisation number that can be used
to collect antiviral medication from a local collection point.
Telephone your GP directly if:
- you have a serious underlying illness
- your are pregnant
- you have a sick child under one year of age
- your condition suddenly gets worse, or
- your condition is still getting worse after seven days (five
for a child)
For further information
please contact our Infection Control Team: