NFID CO-SPONSORS VIDEOCONFERENCE ON HIV EXPOSURE IN THE WORKPLACE

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is once again getting the word out about HIV exposure in the workplace. This past January, NFID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Public Health Training Network co-sponsored a videoconference entitled, "Putting the Pieces Together: Managing Occupational Exposures to HIV." Viewed by more than 34,000 individuals in the United States and Canada, the program received excellent feedback from the participants. Due to the overwhelming positive response, NFID also is offering this program on videotape.

The 2 1/2-hour broadcast provided physicians, nurses, occupational health professionals, hospital administrators, infection control providers, and many others with practical guidelines for managing occupational HIV exposure. Viewers learned how to incorporate public health service recommendations into their own policies and procedures on managing HIV exposure. Topics included potential occupational risk factors, steps to take if an exposure occurs, available treatments for the exposure, safety and legal issues, and guidelines for designing proper programs to manage HIV exposure.

Speakers included Denise M. Cardo, MD, acting chief, HIV Infections Branch, CDC; Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the EPI Center, San Francisco General Hospital; Vikas Kapil, DO, MPH, CEO and medical director, Premier Mercy Corporation, Health Services and associate professor of occupational and environmental health, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine; Daniel Riedford, JD, Office of General Council, CDC; Michael S. Saag, MD, professor of medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Charles Schable, MS, chief, Serology Section, CDC.

NFID's sponsorship was underwritten by unrestricted educational grants from Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.

A limited number of VHS videotapes are available from NFID for $30 each, including shipping and handling. To order, complete the order form below, include credit card information or a check/money order made payable to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and mail to the address listed below. For more information, contact Kip Kantelo, NFID, at (301) 656-0003, fax (301) 907-0878, or e-mail: kkantelo@aol.com.




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NFID PLANS SECOND COURSE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Emory University School of Medicine again will jointly sponsor New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: A Clinical Course. The course will be held June 13-15, 1998, at the JW Marriott Hotel at Lenox in Atlanta, GA.

Based upon the positive feedback received from last year's course attendees, the course will focus on the epidemiology, recognition, treatment, and management of new and reemerging infectious diseases. Through lectures and interactive case presentations, expert infectious disease clinicians and epidemiologists will provide the latest information on both current and prospective therapeutic agents.

Session topics include:

The course is particularly relevant to infectious disease specialists, internists, pediatricians, family practitioners, infectious disease physicians-in-training, public health officials, and clinical microbiologists who are interested in continuing their medical education.

This year's course, which has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essentials and standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the CDC and NFID, will offer up to a maximum of 18 credit hours in category 1 credit toward the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. The CDC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Robert P. Gaynes, MD, chief, Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Activity, CDC; David Rimland, MD, professor of medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; David S. Stephens, MD, professor of medicine and director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine; and William J. Martone, MD, NFID senior executive director, again will serve as course co-chairs.

Course registration on or before May 22, 1998 is $450 or $475 after that date and onsite. Reduced registration fees are available for physicians-in-training. The registration fee includes a course syllabus, continental breakfasts on Sunday, June 14 and Monday, June 15, and all scheduled refreshment breaks. Be sure to reserve your space now since course registration is limited.

This course is being supported, in part, through unrestricted educational grants from Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Astra USA, Inc., Bayer Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Merck U.S. Human Health, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Pfizer Inc., Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., Roche Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.

For more information about the course or to receive a registration brochure, call NFID at (301) 656-0003, fax: (301) 907-0878, e-mail: kkantelo@aol.com, or visit our web site at http://www.nfid.org/conferences/.

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