41 Keeping Healthcare Workers Healthy

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 2:15 PM-4:15 PM
Coronado BCD (Hilton Anatole)
Type: Abstracts
Moderators:
Tara N. Palmore, MD and Thomas R. Talbot, MD, MPH

2:15 PM
315
Adherence to and Tolerability of Three HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Regimens among Health Care Workers
Alexandra Derevnuk, NP, MEd, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Frances Wallach, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Mariamma Kurian, ANP, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Joy Ziegler, RN, COHN, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Teri Szulc, RN, MA, Mount Sinai Medical Center; David P. Calfee, MD, MS, Weill Cornell Medical College
2:30 PM
316
Personal Protective Equipment Use Among Canadian Healthcare Workers During the Delivery of Care to Patients on Droplet Precautions
Robyn Mitchell, MHSc, Public Health Agency of Canada; Virginia Roth, MD, FRCPC, The Ottawa Hospital; George Astrakianakis, PhD, University of British Columbia; Elizabeth Bryce, MD, Vancouver General Hospital; Robert Gervais, MD, Public Health Agency of Canada; Denise Gravel, MSc, Public Health Agency of Canada; B. Lynn Johnston, MD, Dalhousie University; Geoffrey Taylor, MD, University of Alberta Hospital; Mary Vearncombe, MD, SunnyBrook Health Sciences Centre; Krista D. Wilkinson, MSc, Public Health Agency of Canada
2:45 PM
317
Immunity Requirements and Exemptions Allowed for Health Professional Students, United States, 2008
Brady L. Miller, MPH, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Megan C. Lindley, MPH, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Pascale Wortley, MD, MPH, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Faruque Ahmed, PhD, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3:00 PM
318
Seasonal and 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccination among Single General Acute Care Hospital Employees in California, 2009-2010
Patricia McLendon, MPH, California Department of Public Health; Jon Rosenberg, MD, California Department of Public Health; Kate Cummings, MPH, California Department of Public Health; Kavita K. Trivedi, MD, California Department of Public Health
3:15 PM
319
Self-reported Influenza Vaccination, Illness and Absenteeism Among Canadian Healthcare Workers During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
Robyn Mitchell, MHSc, Public Health Agency of Canada; George Astrakianakis, PhD, University of British Columbia; Elizabeth Bryce, MD, Vancouver General Hospital; Robert Gervais, MD, Public Health Agency of Canada; Denise Gravel, MSc, Public Health Agency of Canada; B. Lynn Johnston, MD, Dalhousie University; Stephanie Leduc, BSc, Public Health Agency of Canada; Virginia Roth, MD, FRCPC, The Ottawa Hospital; Geoffrey Taylor, MD, University of Alberta Hospital; Mary Vearncombe, MD, SunnyBrook Health Sciences Centre; Christine Weir, MSc, Public Health Agency of Canada
3:30 PM
320
Mandatory Influenza Vaccination during the 2009-2010 Pandemic at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC)
Scott Joseph Spillmann, MD, MPH, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Christopher A. Ohl, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Jon S. Abramson, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Werner Bischoff, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Larry B. Givner, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Ken W. Bishop, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Robert J. Sherertz, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
3:45 PM
321
Challenges of T cell Assay Conversions in Serial Testing of Health Care Workers (HCW) in a Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program
Kimberlee S. Fong, DO, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Lucileia T. Johnson, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; David VanDuin, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Thomas G. Fraser, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; J. Walton Tomford, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Steven M. Gordon, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cyndee Miranda, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
4:00 PM
322
Appropriateness of Tuberculin Skin Testing (TST) at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jana Preis, MD, MPH, Yale University; Louise Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, Yale-New Haven Hospital