Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update – 2015

Presenters:

• Pete Shult, Ph.D., CDD Director and Emergency Laboratory Response, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

Description of Session:

This audio conference will provide a review of the past 2014 – 2015 respiratory virus season and will highlight our surveillance strategy for 2015-2016, based on our expectations, for the upcoming respiratory virus season. Additional topics that will be discussed include updates on MERS, Avian Influenza – H5 and EV-D68, as well as current and emerging diagnostic technologies and trends.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 1.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit.

This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program.

As part of the new P.A.C.E. continuing education process, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your P.A.C.E. certificates. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the teleconference.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this teleconference is September 16, 2016.

Materials:

• Evaluation Form
• Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update – 2015
• Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update 2015 – Handouts