June 14-15, 2010
Cambridge, MA

Preventing and Treating Biological Exposures: A Colloquium for Occupational Medicine, Infectious Disease and Emergency Medicine Professionals

Sponsored by American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American Biological Safety Association, the Centers for Disease Control, the Eagleson Institute and the Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation

This interactive, case-study-rich colloquium will include information on:

• Developing a proactive plan for appropriate medical responses to laboratory biosafety issues
• Providing appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis (including experimental treatments) for exposures to biological agents
• Resources to aid diagnoses and treatment plans

Topics include:

• Occupational health surveillance and monitoring in biological laboratories and animal facilities
• Successful risk-based incident reporting, response, and illness surveillance programs
• Developing proactive programs, policies and procedures
• Case studies (influenza, Herpes B, Brucella, vaccinia, tumor cell lines, zoonotic infections, lentiviral exposures, and more)

For more information, go to www.eagleson.org, email eagleson@eagleson.org or call (207) 490-1076. A complete brochure will be available soon.

Continuing Education for this activity is pending. See final announcement for specific details.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

November 2-November 6, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
AAFP Emergency and Urgent Care Conference 2010

Sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Many family physicians play an integral role in the management of their patients presenting with emergency conditions. Join your colleagues and attend this course designed to cover a significant spectrum of current emergency and urgent care issues for rural and suburban/urban family physicians. Study of the carefully selected emergency and urgent care topics will allow the family physician to understand new therapeutic strategies and technological advances in emergency and urgent care. The attendee will be given opportunities to learn in both didactic and interactive workshop session.