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TITLE: Poison Control Centers and Toxicosurveillance: Real-time National Surveillance for Outbreaks of Chemical-Associated Illness
SPEAKER: LCDR Joshua G Schier, MD, USPHS
DATE: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
TIME: 1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
CALL-IN NUMBER: 888-972-6406
PASSCODE: COCA
Slides: he PowerPoint Presentation will be available on the COCA website by May 20th: 
(0 MB/0 slides)
OBJECTIVES:
After this activity, the participants will be able to:
1) Understand the role of poison control centers in cases of clinical illness
2) Understand the role of poison control centers for surveillance of chemical-associated illness
3) Understand the potential benefits as well as the limitations of using poison control centers in national surveillance for chemical-associated illness.
Continuing Education guidelines require that the attendance of all who participate in COCA Conference Calls be properly documented. ALL Continuing Education credits (CME, CNE, CEU and CHES) for COCA Conference Calls are issued online through the CDC Training & Continuing Education Online system http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/.
Those who participate in the COCA Conference Calls and who wish to receive CE credit and will complete the online evaluation within the next month will use the course code EC1265. Those who wish to receive CE credit and will complete the online evaluation between June 20, 2008 and May 20, 2009 will use course code WD1265. CE certificates can be printed immediately upon completion of your online evaluation. A cumulative transcript of all CDC/ATSDR CE’s obtained through the CDC Training & Continuing Education Online System will be maintained for each user.
PURPOSE: To enhance clinicians knowledge of emerging or re-emerging threats, their effects on human populations and medical evaluation and management of these threats.
CME: CDC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CDC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: This activity for 1.0 contact hours is provided by CDC, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.
CEU: CDC has been reviewed and approved as an authorized provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. CDC has awarded 0.1 CEU to participants who successfully complete this program.
CHEC: CDC is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 1 Category I Contact Hour(s) in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.
DISCLAIMER:
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and the presenters for this seminar do not have financial or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. This presentation does not involve the unlabeled use of a product or product under investigational use.
Previous Calls (2003 2004 2005 2006 2007)
2008
- April 29 , Preventing Healthcare-Associated MRSA Infections
Audio Presentation: mp3
(8 MB)
Slides: Power Point (1.01 MB/30 slides)
Summary: Not Available - March 27 , A "Never" Event: Unsafe Injection Practices
Audio Presentation: mp3 (7 MB)
Slides: Power Point (2.33 MB/60 slides)
Summary: Not Available - February 26 , Community Preparedness
Audio Presentation: mp3 (64 MB)
Slides: Power Point (3.26 mb/51 pages)
Summary: Available - January 15 , 2008 -The Radiation Event Medical Management Web Portal - A Novel Resource for Health Care Providers
Audio Presentation: mp3 (8 MB)
Slides: Power Point (7.9 mb/70 pages)
Summary: Available
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