Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent October 01, 2007
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Today's topics Include:
- COCA Conference Call
- Seasonal Influenza
- Pandemic Influenza
- Avian Influenza
- Travelers' Health
- Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
- Anthrax Vaccine
COCA Conference Call
Title: Seasonal Influenza Vaccination - Now is the Time!
Speaker: Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Speaker Information
Andrew Kroger graduated from Yale University in 1998 with a joint MD/MPH, concentrating in International Health. He trained in Pediatrics for two years at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland before transferring to Emory University where he boarded in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. From 2001-2003 he worked at CDC in notifiable disease surveillance before beginning his current work in the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases. As one of the traveling trainers in the Education, Information and Partnership Branch, Dr. Kroger has given over one hundred presentations that include immunization updates and pandemic influenza preparedness. He is also involved with some of the new distance learning activities of the branch, including the Current Issues in Immunization Series delivered through NetConferencing, and is the author of the newest edition of the CDCs General Recommendations on Immunization.
Stay tuned, more information will be available soon!
Seasonal Influenza
Update: Influenza Activity - United States and Worldwide, May 20-September 15, 2007 - MMWR Weekly - Sept. 28
During May 20-September 15, 2007, influenza A (H1), influenza A (H3), and influenza B viruses cocirculated worldwide and were identified sporadically in the United States. This report summarizes influenza activity in the United States and worldwide since the last MMWR update.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5638a4.htm
Additional Influenza Vaccine Approved for Upcoming Influenza Season - FDA News Release - Sept. 28
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afluria, an additional seasonal influenza vaccine for the immunization of people ages 18 and older. Afluria is intended to protect adults from influenza type A and type B flu viruses. The approval of Afluria, manufactured by CSL Limited of Parkville, Australia, brings the number of seasonal influenza manufacturers licensed for the U.S. market to six.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01714.html
Pandemic Influenza
Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers - Institute of Medicine Publication - Sept. 18
During an influenza pandemic, healthcare workers will be on the front lines delivering care to patients and preventing further spread of the disease. Protecting the more than 13 million healthcare workers in the United States from illness or from infecting their families or the patients in their care is critical to limiting morbidity and mortality and preventing progression of a pandemic. As the nation prepares for pandemic influenza, multiple avenues for protecting the health of the public are being carefully considered, ranging from rapid development of appropriate vaccines to quarantine plans should the need arise for their implementation. One vital aspect of pandemic influenza planning is the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)—the respirators, gowns, gloves, face shields, eye protection, and other equipment that will be used by healthcare workers and others in their day-to-day patient care responsibilities.
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/29908/46095.aspx
Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools - CIDRAP Website
This project aims to enhance public health preparedness for an influenza pandemic and conserve resources by sharing promising practices. CIDRAP and the Pew Center on the States (PCS) launched this initiative to collect and peer-review practices that can be adapted or adopted by public health stakeholders.
http://www.pandemicpractices.org/practices/article.do?page=home
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza Detected in Saskatchewan - Canadian Food Inspection Agency Information Bulletin - Sept. 27
Highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza has been detected in a commercial poultry operation in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced. This virus is not the same as the strain circulating in Asia, Africa and Europe, which has been associated with human illness. H7N3 is not normally associated with serious human illness.
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2007/20070927e.shtml
Travelers' Health
Update: Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo - Sept. 28The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced the occurrence of an ongoing Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the Kasai-Occidental Province, a remote area of the country. Since the outbreak began a few weeks ago, several hundred people have become ill and over 100 deaths have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). The presence of Ebola virus has been confirmed in 17 patients and Salmonella typhi, the cause of acute typhoid fever, and Shigella dysenteriae in several other patients. Ongoing investigations are attempting to determine the extent of the Ebola outbreak.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentEbolaCongo.aspx
Update: Schistosomiasis and Travel - Sept. 26
Several cases of schistosomiasis have recently been reported in travelers who swam in a freshwater pond at a resort in Tanzania and others who went whitewater rafting on the Nile River in Uganda. Schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection also known as bilharzia, occurs widely throughout the tropics and subtropics but is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Travelers who wade, swim, or bathe in contaminated freshwater are at greatest risk. Even water that looks clean may be contaminated with the microscopic organisms that carry schistosomiasis and other diseases.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSchistosomiasisTravel.aspx
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal - October 2007
The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal provides recognition of new and re-emerging infections and understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. It also represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections. See the October 2007 issue of the EID journal at the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm.
Anthrax Vaccine
HHS Purchases Additional Anthrax Vaccine For Stockpile - HHS News Release - Sept. 26
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the purchase of 18.75 million doses of BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, AVA) from Emergent Biodefense Operations of Lansing, Mich., at a total of $448 million.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/09/pr20070926a.html
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