Preventing and Treating Biological Exposures:
A Colloquium for Occupational Medicine, Infectious Disease and Emergency Medicine Professionals
June 14-15, 2010
View the Program Brochure
Please call us at (207) 490-1076 for Registration Information
In this interactive, case-study-rich colloquium you will learn how to develop a proactive plan for appropriate medical responses to laboratory biosafety issues, provide appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis (including experimental treatments) for exposures to biological agents, and access resources to aid diagnoses and treatment plans. You will also have an opportunity to network with experts and colleagues at a special dinner on Monday night.
Who Should Attend?
• Occupational medicine, infectious disease, and emergency physicians
• Physician assistants and nurse practitioners
• Occupational health nurses
• Biosafety professionals
Topics Include:
• Occupational health surveillance and monitoring in biological laboratories and animal facilities
• Successful risk-based incident reporting, response, and illness surveillance programs
• Developing proactive programs, policies and procedures
• Case studies (influenza, Herpes B, Brucella, vaccinia, tumor cell lines, zoonotic infections, lentiviral exposures, and more)
Speakers Include:
• Caryl Griffin, MSN, MDIV, Co-founder, Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation
• Gary Fujimoto, MD, Physician/Consultant, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
• L. Casey Chosewood, MD, Senior Medical Officer, NIOSH, CDC
• Jonathan Holder, DO, MPH, Occupational Health Physician, Cambridge Health Alliance
• Elizabeth Gilman Duane, MS, CBSP, Associate Director, R&D Environmental Health & Safety, Pfizer Research
• LouAnn Burnett, MS, CBSP, Biosafety Program Manager, Vanderbilt University
• Karen Byers, MS, CBSP, Biosafety Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Ellen Boudreau, MD, Chief, Special Immunizations Program, USAMRIID
• John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director, NIOSH, CDC
Registration:
Registration for this colloquium is $845 by May 7, 2010 and $895 after that date. The registration fee includes a course manual, lunch each day, and a special dinner on Monday night.
About the sponsors:
Eagleson Institute is a non-profit foundation with a mission to promote the principles and practices of laboratory safety.
American Biological Safety Association is a professional association that provides a forum for the exchange of biosafety information.
Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation promotes safe research practices and helps fund research into zoonotic diseases.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the pre-eminent organization of physicians who champion the health and safety of workers, workplaces, and environments.
CME: 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 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education designated for Non-Physicians: Non-physicians will receive a certificate of participation.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 14.7 contact hours.
IACET CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 1.5 IACET CEU's for this program.
Disclosure Statement: CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the exception of:
- Lou Ann Burnett who has received honorarium and consulting fees from the Western Institutional Review Board
- Elizabeth Gilman Duane who receives salary from Pfizer Research
- Rose Goldman who receives a salary from the Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Schools of Public Health and Medicine as well as various consulting requests
- Jonathan Holder who is the Medical Director of Occupational Health for Pfizer Research
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use with the exception of:
- Ellen Boudreau who will discuss bio-defense investigational vaccines
- Karen Byers who will discuss off label use of drugs for post-exposure prophylaxis for SIV or SHIV
- Casey Chosewood who may include references to use of products that are considered investigational new drugs
- Gary Fujimoto who will discuss the combined use of Hepatitis A and B vaccines for non-responders to hepatitis B vaccination
There is no commercial support for this activity
Please call us at (207) 490-1076 for Registration Information