Session: Vaccine Preventable Infections in Healthcare (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

Friday, March 19, 2010: 7:00 AM-8:20 AM

Manilla-Singapore (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 1.25

Type: Oral

Summary: This session will review ACIP guidelines for vaccines in healthcare workers. It will also review methods to improve influenza vaccine uptake and postexposure management of vaccine preventable diseases.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the current ACIP recommendations on vaccines for healthcare workers.
Review methods to improve influenza vaccine uptake.

7:00 AM

Alexis Elward, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

7:40 AM

Thomas Talbot, MD, Vanderbilt University

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