A 60-minute interactive audio conference sponsored by:
Hospital Infection Control & Prevention
When: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
Location: Your office or conference room
Cost: Only $199 to train your entire staff - Register Now
Speaker: Tom Talbot, MD, MPH
Now is the time to arm your healthcare employees with critical information that will protect them against H1N1.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology predicts that as many as 120 million people are likely to exhibit symptoms of the H1N1 virus. Of those, nearly half of them will seek medical attention, exposing countless healthcare workers to the potentially fatal disease.
As your hospital heads into a challenging and unpredictable flu season, what are some precautions you can take now to make sure your healthcare personnel is protected?
Click here now or call 1-800-688-2421 to register for Enforcing Healthcare Worker Vaccination: How to Overcome Current Challenges with H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines. Nationally-known infection control expert Tom Talbot, MD, MPH, will outline the current recommendations for healthcare worker vaccination and disclose the additional challenges faced with this year’s H1N1 influenza vaccine. You will also learn what your hospital can today do to attain healthcare worker vaccination compliance, which in turn protects patients.
Learning Points and Questions to be Answered:
- What are the current best practices involved in successful healthcare worker seasonal influenza immunization programs?
- How can hospitals overcome challenges with vaccinating healthcare workers?
- How is the new H1N1 vaccine impacting vaccination efforts?
- Is the use of declination statements effective?
- What are the pros and cons of mandatory vaccination?
We want your feedback!
We are conducting a quick survey about swine flu and what your organization is doing to prepare.
Click here now to participate in this survey. It should take you no more than 10 minutes to complete, and your responses to this questionnaire will enable us to report on the swine flu and its effects on businesses.
Attendees who will benefit from this audio conference include:
- Infection control professionals
- Employee health professionals
- Risk managers
- Quality professionals
- Occupational health managers
Meet Your Expert:
Tom Talbot, MD, MPH is currently the Assistant Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Chief Hospital Epidemiologist at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He has a particular interest in immunization of healthcare workers, especially influenza and pertussis vaccination; the risk of secondary transmission from live vaccines; and the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. In 2005 he chaired the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Task Force on Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers, and has served as an expert consultant on national healthcare worker influenza vaccination education and prevention initiatives, such as The Joint Commission Resources Flu Challenge 2009-10. As a part of his role as the Chief Hospital Epidemiologist, he oversees the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections, the development of education for staff and physicians, and the implementation of various quality improvement interventions designed to reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infections at Vanderbilt.
Registration details:
The registration fee for this audio conference is $199 per connection. You may invite as many participants from your facility as you can accommodate around your conference phone. Call 1-800-688-2421 or click here to register. Mention code 10T09369/EM8898 when registering.
- Registration includes:
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- Admittance to the 60-minute call for as many people as you can fit in a room with a speakerphone
- Access to the specially created presentation handouts (available 48 hours in advance)
- Participation in the 15-minute, live Q&A with the speaker following the presentation
- Certificates of attendance for all audio conference attendees
- Can't attend the live event? Order one of the alternative formats and still benefit from this information-packed session!
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- CD -- includes FREE SHIPPING!
- MP3 download
- Streaming audio
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Sponsor:
The sponsor of this educational activity is AHC Media LLC.
The information provided in AHC Media audio conferences does not, and is not intended to constitute medical diagnoses or legal advice. Individual tracer methodology outcomes cannot be guaranteed. Opinions, references and links provided by our speakers are provided for your convenience and do not represent our endorsement of such opinions, products or services.
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