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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5158.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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In this session the learner will hear about multiple disease outbreaks and the subsequent investigations that have occurred in a variety of community settings. | |||
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Assess the population for risk factors for ca-MRSA disease. 2. Discuss the concept of pertussis vaccine waning immunity and how a booster vaccine for adolescents might affect pertussis incidence in this age group. 3. Indicate what education would be useful for health care practitioners to improve testing practices for food borne diseases 4. To recognize the importance of collecting accurate epidemiological data from cases, controls and food-handlers. 5. Implement novel infection control strategies during an outbreak in an Acute Care Hospital or a Long Term Care Facility. | |||
Kathleen A. Ritger, MD, MPH | |||
Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a College Football Team--New Hampshire, 2004 Jose Thier Montero, MD, Jody L. Schweitzer, MPH, Rachel N. Plotinsky, MD, Elizabeth A. Talbot, MD | |||
A pertussis outbreak among vaccinated adolescents: Symptoms, school attendance, and implications for a booster vaccine Kathleen A. Ritger, MD, MPH, Jonathan Yoder, MSW, MPH, Stephanie M. Borchardt, MPH, PhD, Dorian Robinson, Georgeen O. Polyak, PhD, Mark S. Dworkin, MD, MPH&TM | |||
A Multi-jurisdictional Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis: Lessons for Success in Evidence-based Epidemiologic Investigation Maria J. Chudoba, MD, MPH, Michael O. Vernon, DrPH, Shawn Cesario, RN, Steve Seweryn, MPH, Neil E. Winston, MD | |||
Healthcare practitioners’ foodborne disease testing practices in western North Carolina Pia D.M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH, Michelle R. Torok, MPH, Amy L. Nelson, PhD, MPH, Martha Salyers, MD, MPH | |||
Lessons learned from a Norovirus outbreak in an Acute Care Hospital Marangellie Trujillo, Linda Y. Wilson, Pierre Vigilance, MD, MPH, Pierre Vigilance, MD, MPH | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA