Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent August 14, 2006
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Today's topics include:
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Emergency Preparedness
Hurricane PSAs
Extreme Heat
COCA Conference Call
Select COCA conference calls will soon be podcasted!
Please check the following link for further information on CDC Podcasts:
http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/
Upcoming call
Title: Quarantine and Avian Influenza Preparedness
Date: Monday, August 21, 2006
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Michael Doney, MD, MPH, MS
Dial-In Number (toll-free): 888-889-4431
Passcode: Quarantine
Objectives
1) Discuss the role of the CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
and the CDC Quarantine Stations
2) Discuss community-based nonpharmaceutical public health interventions
and their rationale for use during an influenza pandemic
3) Discuss a strategy and implementation rationale for using
nonpharmaceutical public health interventions in the setting of an influenza
pandemic
Speaker Bio
LCDR Michael Doney, USPHS is a medical officer at the CDC Washington Quarantine Station. He serves on several working groups in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security to develop border health screening protocols in the setting of an influenza pandemic. He assists in the development of communicable disease response plans at ports of entry in the quarantine station jurisdiction which includes Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia and collaborates with state and local public health authorities to monitor the health of arriving international travelers. He is also a staff physician in emergency medicine at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Slides will be available soon on the COCA Conference Call webpage at: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza: Current Situation - Updated Aug 9
The avian influenza A (H5N1) epizootic (animal outbreak) in Asia and parts of Europe, the Near East, and Africa is not expected to diminish significantly in the short term.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/current.htm
Avian Influenza Infection in Humans - Updated Aug 9
Although avian influenza A viruses usually do not infect humans, rare cases of human infection with avian influenza viruses have been reported since 1997. More recently, more than 200 confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses have been reported since 2004.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/avian-flu-humans.htm
Emergency Preparedness
Hurricane Audio PSAs - Updated Aug 10
Male & female recordings now available for most PSAs
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/psa.asp
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Extreme Heat - Updated Aug 9
Updated questions and answers for your patients about extreme heat
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/faq.asp
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