Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent July 31, 2006
NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only and may not provide our most accurate and up-to-date information. The most current Clinician's information can be found on the Clinician Home Page.
Today's topics include:
- COCA Conference Calls
- Avian Influenza
- Seasonal Influenza
- Emergency Preparedness
- Information for Laboratorians
- Hurricane Morbidity Report Form
COCA Conference Calls
Upcoming call:
Title: Pandemic Flu Preparedness
Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Nicole Smith, PhD, MPH, MPP
Dial-In Number (toll-free): (888)-469-1571
Passcode: Pandemic Flu
Objectives
- Be familiar with the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
- Understand the basic set of pandemic preparedness planning assumptions
- Identify key surveillance objectives
Speaker Bio
Nicole Smith, PhD, MPH, MPP, joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a research assistant on a CDC project promoting the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, and later she became an Association of Schools of Public Health Fellow in the Hepatitis Branch at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). She became an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer with the Health Studies Branch in the National Center of Environmental Health in 2001. Following EIS, Nicole returned to the National Immunization Program where she was the Associate Director for Policy in the Immunization Services Division. In November 2005, Nicole joined the NCID/Influenza Branch where she is working on domestic pandemic preparedness efforts while also assisting the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices regarding the prevention and control of influenza.
Slides will be posted soon on the following page: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
In case you missed our last COCA Conference Call on Mumps, you can listen to the replay by downloading the audio file from the following link:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
Avian Influenza
CDC Media Advisory: Telephone Briefing to Discuss Avian Flu Re-assortment Study - July 28
http://www.videonewswire.com/cdc/35016/reg.html
Seasonal Influenza
Key Facts about Influenza (Flu) Vaccine - Updated July 24
Provides general information about the flu vaccine.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm
Questions & Answers: Flu Shot - Updated July 24
Provides updated information regarding who should get a flu shot.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm
Questions & Answers: Flu Vaccine - Updated July 24
Provides answers to general questions about the flu vaccine.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/fluvaccine.htm
Prevention and Control of Influenza - MMWR Report - July 28
This report updates the 2005 recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine and antiviral agents
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5510a1.htm
Emergency Preparedness
Negative Staining Electron Microscope Protocol for Rash Illness - PDF File - Updated July 31
Provides instructions for laboratorians.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/lab-testing/pdf/em-rash-protocol.pdf
Active Public Health Surveillance in Clinical Care Settings - Updated July 24
Hurricane Morbidity Report Form: For Active Surveillance in Clinical Care Settings. This interim form is for individual-level active surveillance of medical conditions of public health importance after hurricanes. Clinicians should use the one-page form to record information about the chief complaints and specific infectious syndromes, mental health conditions, injuries, and chronic diseases that best describe the reason the patient is currently seeking care.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/asccs.asp
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