WCLN: Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update – 2014

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:

This audio conference will provide a review of the past 2013 – 2014 respiratory virus season and will highlight our surveillance strategy for 2014-2015, based on our expectations, for the upcoming respiratory virus season.  Topics will include current diagnostic technologies and trends including the use of rapid influenza detection testing, pending regulatory changes and antiviral resistance surveillance.

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 October 15, 2015.

Materials:

• Evaluation Form
• Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Updates 2014
• Handouts