Session: Challenging Issues in Occupational Health (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

Sunday, March 21, 2010: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM

International North-South (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 2

Type: Oral

Summary: This symposium will review challenging issues in occupational health in healthcare facilities. Faculty will review the forthcoming SHEA guideline, as well as discuss how to manage influenza in healthcare workers including pre- and post-exposure prevention using vaccine and antivirals. Faculty will review whether to abandon the use of TST in favor of the newer interferon-gamma release assays.

Learning Objectives:

Review the forthcoming SHEA Guideline on the Management of the HIV, HBV, or HCV Infected Healthcare Worker.
Compare the sensitivity, specificity, reproducibility and cost of TST versus an interferon gamma release assay for the diagnosis of LTBI in healthcare workers.
Review the management of the disruptive healthcare worker.
Outline the methods to implement and evaluate more robust programs to improve influenza vaccination in healthcare workers.

Moderators:

David J. Weber, MD, MPH and Jason Stout, MD, MHS

4:00 PM

1020

Management of the HIV, HBV, or HCV Infected Healthcare Worker
David Henderson, MD, National Institutes of Health

4:30 PM

1021

Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Versus Interferon Gamma Release Assays for Assign Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in Healthcare Workers
Jason Stout, MD, MHS, Duke University Medical Center

5:00 PM

1022

The Disruptive Healthcare Worker
Gerald B. Hickson, MD, Vanderbilt University

5:30 PM

1023

"And This Time I Really Mean It": Benefits and Barriers to Making Influenza Vaccination Mandatory
Hilary Babcock, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

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