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Spring 2008 Grand Rounds Sessions

Interpandemic Influenza Vaccination Rates in Hospital Health Care Workers: Implications for Pandemic Preparedness

 

Monday, April 28, 2008
12:30- 1:30 p.m. CDT
Room 2117, Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF)
The University of Iowa

This presentation will also be available via streaming video on the Web.

Program Goal:

To help participants understand the importance of health care worker vaccination in routine interpandemic years and when pandemic influenza threatens.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn what the public health risks are when influenza vaccination rates among hospital health care workers are low in interpandemic and pandemic periods.
  • Learn about “causes” of low influenza vaccination rates in hospital health care workers.
  • Learn about “cures” for low influenza vaccination rates in hospital health care workers.
  • Learn what steps Iowa hospitals are taking to improve employee influenza vaccination rates during future interpandemic and pandemic influenza periods.

Speaker:

Charles M. Helms, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of medicine, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and medical director, Office of Clinical Quality, Safety and Performance Improvement, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. An infectious disease specialist with long-standing interest in vaccination, he served on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) and as chair and member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (DHHS).  He has received a Fulbright Fellowship to study vaccination policy in Australia in 2009.

Broadcast Availability:

This presentation will be available as a live web cast. Registration for this program is required and is available through the PrepareIowa Learning Management System.

Additional information regarding the Prepare Iowa Learning Management System and registering for a Grand Rounds session can be found in the following documents.

 

Sponsors

Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMCPHP), Institute for Public Health Practice, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa Counties Public Health Association, Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa Hospital Association, and Iowa Medical Society. UMCPHP is funded by a grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.