Contagious Comments

From the Department of Epidemiology at The Children's Hospital

Archive of Past Issues

2010

  • January: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Colorado’s Children, 2009 (.pdf)

2009

  • December: Respiratory Season (.pdf)
  • September: H1N1 & Seasonal Influenza FAQs (.pdf)
  • July: Bugs and Drugs (.pdf)
  • April: H1N1 (Swine flu) FAQs (.pdf)
  • January: MRSA (.pdf)

2008

  • December: Respiratory Season 2008-2009 (.pdf)
  • October: Influenza 2008-09 (.pdf)
  • July: Bugs & Drugs (.pdf)
  • June: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Colorado’s Children, 2007 (.pdf)
  • April: Safe Injection Practices: An Important Review (.pdf)
  • February: Hand Hygiene: The How, the Why and the When (.pdf)

*We have archived the Contagious Comments issues for 2004 to 2007. Copies of these issues may be obtained from the Department of Epidemiology, or by calling (720) 777-6072.

 

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