Influenza Season Ended on Monday, May 8, 2017
As a result of surveillance activities conducted by the New Jersey Department of Health, Raquel Nahra, MD, and Henry S. Fraimow, MD, Cooper’s hospital epidemiologists, have declared May 8, 2017, as the end of the 2016/2017 influenza season at Cooper. Masks for non-immunized staff will no longer be required as of that date.
There may still be some patients admitted with flu after that date and appropriate isolation precautions and PPE should be employed.