FEBRUARY 9–13, 2008
Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, GA
CDC 10th International Symposium on Biosafety
Continuing Education Credit Statement for CDC's 10th International Symposium on Biosafety – EV1209
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 29.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity for 29.75 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.
The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC has awarded 2.9 of CEU's to participants who successfully complete this program.
Disclosure Statement Summary
Question 1:
Do you have a vested or financial interest(s), relationship(s), or affiliation with one or more organization(s) that could be a real or perceived conflict of interest?
The following have a conflict:
- Crane, Jon, B. Arch, AIA, Principal, CUH2A
- Shareholder – CUH2A, Inc, Owner of Architectural Firm
- Gray, Larry, PhD, ABMM, Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, TriHealth Hospitals; Professor, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
- Consultant – bioMerieux, St Louis, MO
- Kostle, Pamela A., MS, CIH, Industrial Hygiene Program Manager/Safety Officer, University of Iowa, University Hygienic Laboratory
- In conjunction with the Iowa Department of Public Health, receive funds from CDC Public Health Preparedness Grant
- Kozarsky, Phyllis E., MD, Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine; Consultant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Consultant – Berna Products Inc., distributors of oral typhoid medicine
- Speaker’s Bureau – GlaxoSmithKlein, manufacturers of some vaccines and anti-molecular medicine
- Kray, Mitchell (Randy), AIA, Director Biocontainment Design and Planning, CUH2A
- Consultant – CUH2A, architecture, engineering and planning firm
- Landau-Hoffeld, Ruth, MS/NP, BS/RN, Ergonomic Consultant, Practical Ergonomics for Biotechnology
- Consultant – provide ergonomic consulting services to multiple businesses
- Lange, Steve, BS, MA, Project Director, CUH2A
- Consultant – CUH2A is currently designing building 23 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Percifield, Jerry, AIA, Principal at Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc.
- Consultant: Work for engineering firm that designs and builds containment buildings
- Ryan, Mary Gene, BSN, MPH, RN, COHNS/SM, FAAOHN, Executive Director, MGRyan & Co., Inc.
- Consultant - NIOSH So CA Resource Center UCLA
- Speaker’s Bureau, AAOHN, CSAOHN
- Scarano, John, BS, MS, President, Scarano Group, Inc.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Respiratory Program
- Consultant – vested interest in Scarano Group, Inc., a health and safety consulting firm specializing in respiratory protection services
- Stuart, David G., PhD, Consultant, The Baker Company
- Consultant – The Baker Company, manufacturer of biological safety cabinets
- Tobias, Bruce, MS, BS, Manager, Radiation and Environmental Protection, SAIC, NCI
- Shareholder – Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
Question 2
Will your presentation(s) or the content you contribute include any discussion of unlabeled use of commercial products or products for investigational use?
The following have a conflict:
- L. Casey Chosewood, MD, Director, Office of Health and Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vaccinations and medications may be discussed that involve off-label or IND usage
- Laura Rose, MS, Research Microbiologist, Environmental and Applied Microbiology Section, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Will discuss evaluations performed of swabs and sponges as used for environmental sampling of microbes
