Preventive Health Care, 2004 Update: Prevention of Influenza in the General Population
Prepared by J.M. Langley, MD, MSc, FRCPC, M.E. Faughnan, MD, FRCPC, with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
| MANEUVER | RECOMMENDATION |
| Influenza vaccination |
The CTF recommends influenza vaccination in healthy adults (grade A recommendation) and children (grade A recommendation). |
| Neuraminidase inhibitor prophylaxis | There is good evidence to support neuraminidase inhibitor prophylaxis against influenza in the household setting if it can be initiated within 36-48 hours of symptom onset in the index case (grade A recommendation). |