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Georgia Emerging Infections Program Conference

The Georgia EIP holds an annual EIP conference for its participating laboratories and hospitals and public health partners. The conference includes topics on EIP organisms or other emerging or changing pathogens in Georgia.

The Georgia EIP held its 6th annual EIP Conference at the Emory Conference Center on March 17, 2009. The conference agenda and materials are below.

6th Annual EIP Conference
AGENDA

8:30-8:50 am

Welcome-Cherie Drenzek
EIP Overview - Monica Farley
8:50-9:30 am

Viral Diagnostics - Angela Caliendo
9:30-10:10 am Hospital Infections - Arjun Srinivasan
10:10-10:25 am

Break
10:25-11:05 pm Challenges in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - Jean Patel
11:05-11:25 pm

Break/Collect Box Lunch
11:25 am-12:40 pm

Clostridium difficile - Panel Discussion
  
  • Adam Bressler
  • Helen Ebaugh
  • Bob Gaynes
  • Alex Kallen
  • Yun (Wayne) Wang
12:40-1:15 pm

Outbreak Investigations - Cherie Drenzek
1:15-1:45 pm

Networking Break, Shipping Regulation demonstration, and
SENDSS demonstration
1:45-2:25 pm

STEC - Ray Kaplan
2:25-3:05 pm  Tuberculosis - Domestic and Local Public Health - Michael Leonard
3:05-3:15 pm

Closing Remarks

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