Goal
To provide updated information required to
identify and manage patients with SARS, and to
prevent transmission of SARS in healthcare
facilities and the community.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe key strategies for implementing healthcare preparedness planning to contain the spread of SARS
- Articulate the current plan for containment of the spread of SARS in the community setting to include quarantine and isolation strategies
- Identify the support systems necessary to carry out quarantine and isolation strategies
- Implement current strategies for early clinical recognition and management of patients with SARS
- Determine appropriate diagnostic tests for SARS
- Define early detection for SARS in the local community and in the United States.
- Define surveillance for SARS in the local community and in the United States.
Target Audience
Clinicians/Healthcare Workers
State/Local Public Health Personnel responsible for quarantine and
community control and/or advising clinicians
Programs' Content
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Infection Control for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Facilities
Quarantine: Community Response / Community Containment
Legal Challenges of Quarantine and Isolation
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
What Every Clinician Should Know: Basic Diagnosis and Patient Management
What's New in SARS Laboratory Diagnostics?
Surveillance: How to Prepare the Clinician for Early Recognition and Diagnosis
Presenters
Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Linda Chiarello, RN, MS, Epidemiologist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion,
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patricia Simone, MD, Associate Director for Medical Science, Division of Global Migration and
Quarantine, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gene W. Matthews, JD, Chief Legal Advisor to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John Jernigan, MD, Section Chief, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National
Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dean J. Erdman, DrPH,
Section Chief, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases ,National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chris A. Van Beneden, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases,
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Registration and
Continuing Education Credit Information
Participants are encouraged but not required to register
and evaluate each broadcast/webcast. Registration and evaluation will
provide valuable feedback to CDC. A certificate of credit or a certificate of attendance will be awarded
to participants who complete the evaluation.
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 maximum of 2 category 1 credits toward
the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only
those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This activity for 2.4 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated
provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health
education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing,
Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 2 Category
I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been approved as an
Authorized Provider of continuing education and training programs by the
International Association for Continuing Education and Training and awards
0.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Participant registration is only available
through the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online System at
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline.
Course numbers are listed below for Part 1 and Part 2:
Part 1 - WD0022-web-on-demand
Part 2 - WD0023-web-on-demand
Questions about registration should be directed to
800-41-TRAIN, 404-639-1292, or email ce@cdc.gov.
When emailing a request, please indicate Preparing for the Return of SARS: Are we ready? Part 1 and/or
Preparing for the Return of SARS: Are we ready? Part 2 in the subject line.
Webcast Information
This program is available for viewing at
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/sars-return.
Media
The programs are available on
videotape, archived webcast, and CD-ROMs.
Videotapes and CD-ROMs
Videotapes and CD-ROMs may be purchased through the Public Health
Foundation (PHF).
Each videotape will cost $20.00 (Part 1 and Part 2 sold separately).
Each CD ROM will cost $15.00 (Part 1 and Part 2 sold separately).
Order online at
http://www.phf.org or by calling 877-252-1200.
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