Symposium:
118. Hot Topics in Public Health
Friday, October 28, 2016: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Room: 293-296

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

  • describe recent trends and current situation with respect to Legionnaire’s disease in the US
  • discuss recent cholera outbreaks, as well as challenges and opportunities to advancing cholera control

Target Audience: Academicians, Clinicians, Epidemiologists, Healthcare workers, Infectious diseases pediatricians, Infectious diseases physicians, Investigators, Lab personnel, Microbiologists, Public health practitioners, Researchers

Tracks: Pediatric ID, Adult ID, Epidemiology and Infection Control, Investigative ID, Global ID

Moderator:  Beth P. Bell, MD, MPH, FIDSA, CDC

Presentations:
8:30 AM
893
Is There Something in the Water? Increasing Challenge of Legionnaires' Disease
Laura Cooley, MD, MPH

8:55 AM
Q&A
9:00 AM
894
Cholera: Updates in Global Situation and Control Strategies
Edward T. Ryan, MD, DTMH, FIDSA

9:25 AM
Q&A
9:30 AM
895
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Contamination of Heater-Cooler Units: Detection and Monitoring Challenges
Cynthia Whitener, MD, FSHEA
9:55 AM
Q&A

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.5 knowledge-based contact hours 0.15 of pharmacy CE

ACPE Number: 0221-9999-16-252-L04-P

Disclosures:

B. P. Bell, None

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