Issue Number
274 September
20, 2001
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Bookmark IAC's web page "Needlestick Prevention" for
links to essential online resources
- CDC's National Immunization Program issues Influenza
Vaccine Bulletin #8
- Arizona Immunization Program's annual conference set for
November 1-2 in Phoenix
- California Department Of Health Services
(CDHS) presents course on vaccine-preventable diseases, November 5-6 and November 8-9
- Four more vaccine-related conferences cover the field
(and globe)
- CDC sponsors meetings on STD/HIV prevention for MSM
- CDC and ASHA host 2002 National STD Prevention
Conference
- Hepatitis Magazine conference happens in Houston in
October
- Pneumococcal Vaccines for the World Conference
rescheduled
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September 20, 2001
BOOKMARK IAC'S WEB PAGE "NEEDLESTICK PREVENTION" FOR LINKS TO ESSENTIAL ONLINE RESOURCES
The Immunization Action Coalition(IAC) links you to essential needlestick
prevention resources available online from the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Exposure Prevention Information Network
(EPINet). You will also find links to the American Nurses Association's
(ANA's) needle safety web site, Safe Injection Global Network, and National Alliance for the Primary
Prevention of Sharps Injuries. Our "Needlestick Prevention" web page address
is: http://www.immunize.org/genr.d/needle.htm
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September 20, 2001
CDC'S NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM ISSUES INFLUENZA VACCINE BULLETIN #8
On September 17, CDC's National Immunization Program issued the eighth in a series of influenza vaccine bulletins
designed to update health professionals on the supply, distribution, and administration of influenza vaccine for
the 2001-2002 influenza season.
Of special note are two items: "The FDA is again allowing health care providers to sell, buy or transfer influenza
vaccine this year" and "Medicare has given guidance to carriers about updating payment rates for influenza
vaccine."
To obtain this important bulletin, go to: http://www.immunize.org/news.d/flubull8.pdf
For previous influenza vaccine bulletins, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/flu/News.htm#bulletin
The latest information regarding influenza vaccine is available on CDC's website:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/flu/
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September 20, 2001
ARIZONA IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE SET FOR NOVEMBER 1-2 IN PHOENIX
Arizona's Immunization Program will hold its Eighth Annual Immunization Conference on November 1-2 at the YWCA Leadership
Development Center in Phoenix.
One of the featured speakers (three sessions) is William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, medical epidemiologist with CDC's
National Immunization Program.
Agenda topics include an immunization update, global polio eradication efforts, influenza pandemic, and meningococcal
disease prevention.
Early registration ends October 15 (registration and check or purchase order
must be postmarked by this date). To obtain a registration form, contact Andrea Love, Arizona
Immunization Program Office, by phone at (602) 230-5859 or email at alove@hs.state.az.us
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September 20, 2001
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES PRESENTS COURSE ON VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES, NOVEMBER 5-6 AND
NOVEMBER 8-9
The California Department of Health Services, Immunization Branch, is presenting its "Epidemiology and Prevention of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" course in Norwalk (Los Angeles), November 5-6, and in Folsom
(Sacramento), November 8-9. This course is designed to provide updates on schedules, contraindications, standard immunization
practices, and vaccine management and safety. The CDC-accredited course provides 15 continuing
medical education credit hours for physicians and 15 contact hours for California RNs. The course being held in Folsom is now
full, but spaces remain in the Norwalk course. The registration fee is $40.
To obtain a registration form, contact Sandra Jo Hammer, RN, MSN, MPH, by phone at (510) 540-2198 or go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ed/CAvpdcourse.pdf
Registration ends November 1.
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September 20, 2001
FOUR MORE VACCINE-RELATED CONFERENCES COVER THE FIELD (AND GLOBE)
- The 36th National Immunization Conference, sponsored by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be held at Adam's Mark Denver
Hotel in Denver, Colorado, April 29-May 2, 2002. For more information,
visit: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/NIC/default.htm
You may also telephone (404) 639-8225 or fax (404) 639-8828.
- The Fifth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research will be
held on May 6-8, 2002, at the Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor in Baltimore,
Maryland. For more information, contact Kathy Hanrahan, at the National
Foundation for Infectious Diseases, by phone at (301) 656-0003 x19, fax at (301) 907-0878, or email at
khanrahan@nfid.org, or
visit http://www.nfid.org/conferences/vaccine02/
- The World Health Organization Collaborating Center
(WHOCC) for Tourist Health and Travel Medicine is sponsoring the Third European
Conference on Travel Medicine, Travel and Epidemics, to be held May 15-18, 2002, in Florence, Italy. Contact Professor Walter Pasini,
Director, WHOCC for Travel Medicine, for more information: telephone
(011) 39-0541-24301, fax (011) 39-0541-25748, or email wpasini@rimini.com
- Vaccines of the Future: From Rational Design to Clinical
Development Euroconference, sponsored by the Institut Pasteur, will be held October
17-19, 2001, in Paris. To download a registration form, go to:
http://www.pasteur.fr/applications/euroconf/vaccines/vaccines-form.html
For more information, contact Institut Pasteur
Euroconferences (IPE) by fax at +33 (1) 4061-3405, email at euroconf@pasteur.fr, or visit IPE at
http://www.pasteur.fr/applications/euroconf/vaccines/vaccines-pract.html
For a detailed list of additional upcoming immunization and hepatitis conferences and events, visit IAC's "Calendar of
Events" at: http://www.immunize.org/calendar/
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September 20, 2001
CDC SPONSORS MEETINGS ON STD/HIV PREVENTION FOR MSM
CDC is sponsoring four regional meetings this year titled
"Emerging Issues and STD/HIV Prevention Services for Men Who Have Sex with Men
[MSM]."
- The first regional meeting, CDC's 2001 Southern Region
Meeting on MSM and STD/HIV Prevention, will be held September 24-25 at the Radisson Hotel
New Orleans in Louisiana. The registration deadline for this meeting was
September 7, but last-minute faxed registrations are encouraged, and onsite
registration will be available.
- CDC's 2001 Midwestern Region Meeting on MSM and STD/HIV
Prevention will be held October 30-31 at the Holiday Inn City Centre in
Chicago, Illinois. The registration deadline for this meeting is September
28. For hotel reservations, call (312) 787-6100.
- The 2001 Western Region Meeting on MSM and STD/HIV
Prevention will be held November 26-27 at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles. The registration deadline for the western region meeting is
October 19. For hotel information, go to www.healthstrategies.org
after September 30, 2001.
- The 2001 Eastern Region Meeting on MSM and STD/HIV
Prevention will be held December 11-12 at the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel in New York City.
For hotel reservations, call (888) 436-3759. The registration deadline is
November 9.
There is no fee for these meetings; however, registration
is required. You may download a registration form at http://www.healthstrategies.org/MSMGenRegistration.pdf
Completed registration forms should be sent by fax to (202) 884-8474 on or before the
meeting's registration deadline.
For further information, contact Cathy Motamed by phone at (202) 884-8929 or email at
cmotamed@smtp.aed.org
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September 20, 2001
CDC AND ASHA HOST 2002 NATIONAL STD PREVENTION CONFERENCE
The 2002 National STD Prevention Conference will be held March 4-7 at Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center
in San Diego, California. CDC and the American Social Health Association (ASHA) are co-sponsors. The
deadline for abstract submission is September 24, 2001.
For further information, go to the conference website at http://www.stdconference.org
You may request more information by email at info@stdconference.org
or by phone at (404) 233-6446.
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September 20, 2001
HEPATITIS MAGAZINE CONFERENCE HAPPENS IN HOUSTON IN OCTOBER
On October 26-27, Hepatitis Magazine, in collaboration with the American Liver Foundation and the Texas Liver
Foundation, will host the second international patient-oriented conference at Marriott Hotel North at Greenspoint
in Houston, Texas. Early registration ends on September 24. To download a registration form, go to:
http://www.hepatitismag.com/Conference
For further information, call (281) 272-2744 x131 or email at info@hepatitismag.com
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September 20, 2001
PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES FOR THE WORLD CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED
The Pneumococcal Vaccines for the World 2001 Conference that was scheduled for October 10-12 in Berne, Switzerland,
has been postponed until April 9-11, 2003.
For more information, see http://www.meetingsmanagement.com/pvw_2001/
or email John Herriot, PVW 2003 Secretariat, at jherriot@meetingsmgt.u-net.com
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