Office of Infectious Disease Services

2012 Infectious Disease Training & Exercise

WHEN: July 31 - August 2, 2012

This 3-day infectious disease training and exercise introduced participants to a variety of topics in infectious disease including: vaccine preventable diseases; nosocomial infections; tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases; vector-borne and zoonotic diseases; food-borne diseases; and information on outbreaks and investigations. Participants obtained the most current infectious disease information and have the opportunity to network with a variety of partners including state and local health, infection control practitioners, public and community health nurses, health educators, epidemiologists, sanitarians, correctional facility representatives, animal control agencies, preparedness coordinators, laboratorians, border health counterparts, and university faculty and students. Sessions were led by experts in the field of infectious disease with emphasis on current trends. Participants were encouraged to forge connections with partners and exchange information and knowledge of current infectious disease topics.

Agendas

• July 31, 2012 - Waterborne Disease Tabletop Exercise
• August 1-2, 2012 - 2012 Arizona Infectious Disease Training and Exercise
• August 2, 2012 - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Clinical Education Course

Continuing Education

Continuing Education Units (CEU) credits are offered through Greater Valley Area Health Education Center (GVAHEC).

You MUST complete this online survey to get CEU credits from the GVAHEC.

• Nursing: California Board of Registered Nursing
  This event has been approved for 18 continuing education units by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number: CEP23830
• Physicians: American Academy of Family Physicians
  This Live activity, Arizona Infectious Disease Training and Exercise, with a beginning date of July 31, 2012, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 18 Elective credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Registered Sanitarians: Registered Sanitarians
  • Day 1: Waterborne Disease Outbreak Tabletop Exercise: 6 CE
  • Day 2: 7.5 CE
  • Day 3: 7.5 CE
  • Day 3: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Education Course - 4 CE
• Certified Health Education Specialists: Arizona Public Health Association
  This event has been approved for 18 continuing education units.
• Nursing Home & Healthcare Administrators: Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators & Assisted Living Facility Managers

Presentations

• Tuesday, July 31, 2012
  • Tabletop Exercise: ADHS Waterborne Outbreak Investigation
• Wednesday, August 1, 2012
  • Food Safety Modernization Act, Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation; Emergency Response, Herminio Francisco, BS, Emergency Response Coordinator, United States Food & Drug Administration, Los Angeles District
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Seema Yasmin, MB, BChir, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Investigation of an Unprecedented Binational Outbreak of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Brendan Jackson, MD, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne & Environmental Diseases
  • Implementation & Use of Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology, Tamara Rasner, RN, BS, CIC, St. Luke's Medical Center
  • National Study on Universal Gowning & Gloving, Tamara Rasner, RN, BS, CIC, St. Luke's Medical Center
  • Trends in Arizona's Healthcare Associated Infections: Results from the National Healthcare Safety Network, Charlie Chapin, MS, CHCA, Director, Hospital Patient Safety, Health Services Advisory Group
  • Challenges with Sharing Public Health Information Through a Health Information Exchange, Jon Reid, MBA, Health Informatics Manager, Utah Department of Health
  • Behavioral Health Integration, Steven Dingle, MS, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Division of Behavioral Health Services, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Cluster of Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Type A Infections Among Children Aged <5 years, New Mexico, Megin Nichols, DVM, MPH, Active Bacterial Core Surveillance, New Mexico Department of Health
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Arizona, Erica Weis, MPH, Laboratory Surveillance Epidemiologist, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Challenge for Arizona Physicians, Joanna Regan, MD, MPH, FAAP, Medical Officer, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Hospital Response, Brian Hamilton, RN, BSN, Infection Control Officer, Indian Health Services, San Carlos
  • Community Response to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Epidemic, Marc Traeger, MD, Preventative Health Officer, Whiteriver Indian Health Services Unit
  • Bottoms Up- A Local Perspective on Prison Brew & Botulism, Linda Bogdanow, BS, LEHS, Epidemiology Supervisor, Salt Lake Valley Health Department
  • Raw Milk Outbreaks in Colorado, Kate Lujan, RN, MPH, Field Epidemiologist & Public Health Nurse Consultant, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
  • USDA Food Defense, Michael Dunn, BA, Investigator, US Department of Agriculture
  • Serologic Survey Following Fatal Balamuthia Mandrillaris Infection, Southern Arizona, 2010, Brendan Jackson, MD, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne & Environmental Diseases
  • Public Health Surveillance, Reporting & Follow-up, Laura Erhart, MPH, Epidemiologist, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • What is Public Health Surveillance, Carla Chee, MHS, Office Chief, Office of Disease Integration & Services, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Local Health Perspectives, Pima County, Anissa Taylor, BS, Epidemiologist, Pima County Health Department
  • Local Health Perspectives, Cochise County, Elizabeth Lueck, BS, M(ASCP), Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program Director, Cochise Health & Social Services
  • Resources, Laura Erhart, MPH, Epidemiologist, Arizona Department of Health Services
• Thursday, August 2, 2012
  • HIV Treatment Updates, Co-Morbidities & Integration of Care, Tirdad Zangeneh, DO, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, Medical Director of Arizona AIDS Education & Training Center
  • Current National Landscape of HAI Prevention, Cliff McDonald, MD, Chief, CDC, Prevention & Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
  • Re-emergence of Coccidioidomycosis in the United States, Benjamin Park , MD, Epidemiology Team Leader, Mycotic Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases Trends & Updates, Roxanne Ereth, MPH, BS, STD Program Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Evaluating & Enhancing Pharmacy Reporting for Tuberculosis Surveillance, Arizona, 2011, Jason Lempp, Applied Epidemiology Fellow, CDC/Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Healthcare for the Homeless, Tresa Floyd, BA, Program Supervisor & Jonathan Cartsonis, MD, Medical Director, Health Care for the Homeless, Maricopa County Department of Public Health
  • Using Surveillance Data to Evaluate Serosorting Behavior in Young Men with Early Syphilis, Whitney Li, BS, Public Health Associate, STD/HIV Program, Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Clinical Services
  • Coccidioidomycosis Surveillance in Arizona: Comparison of 2007 & 2011 Data, Corey Benedum, BS, Epidemiology Consultant, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Comparison of Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) to Immunodiffusion & Complement Fixation for Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis & Surveillance, Rachel Lusk, MS III, Arizona State University, College of Medicine
  • Statewide Case-Control Study of the Risk Factors Associated with Campylobacterosis, Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PHD, MPH, University of Arizona
  • Enhancing Surveillance of Respiratory Infections on the Arizona-Sonora Border (BIDS Program), Catherine Golenko, MPH, Intern, University of Arizona
  • Real Time Surveillance for Special Events, Kyle McKeown, Intern, University of Arizona
  • Hantavirus in Colorado, Kate Lujan, RN, MPH, Field Epidemiologist & Public Health Nurse Consultant, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
  • Ridin' the Rails: Arizona's 1st Experience with Aedes aegypti & the Possible Role Played by the Railroads 1882-1960, Michael Fink, MA, Epidemiologist, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Donor-Derived West Nile Virus Infection in Transplant Recipients: Concerns & Controversies, H.R. Vikram, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
  • Evaluation of Increasing Number of Pertussis Diagnoses Made by Serology in Arizona, Anna Acosta, MD, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Meningitis & Vaccine Preventable Disease Branch, National Center for Immunizations & Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Status of Vaccine Surveillance & Challenges in the 2-Dose Varicella Vaccination Era, Adriana Lopez, MHS, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for Immunizations & Respiratory Diseases, Division of Viral Diseases
  • Patterns of Philosophical Belief Exemptions to Vaccination in Arizona Kindergartners: Spatial Clustering & Characteristics of High Exemption Schools, Kacey Ernst, PHD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, College of Public Health
  • Hepatitis B Birth Dose: An Analysis on Immunizations Practices in 2009 Arizona Births, Omar Contreras, MPH, Border Health Consultant, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Healthy Homes, Jessie Toporek, MPH, Healthy Homes Program Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • It's Too Darn Hot! Arizona Climate & Health Effects, Matthew Roach, MPH, Environmental Epidemiologist, Extreme Weather & Public Health Program, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Environmental Toxicology, Jennifer Botsford, MSPH, Environmental Health Toxicology Program Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services
  • Common Waterborne Diseases, Jennifer Stewart, MS, Epidemiologist, Maricopa County Department of Public Health
  • The Microbiology of Drinking Water: A Utility Perspective, David McNeil, MS, Environmental Services Manager, City of Tempe
• Thursday, August 2, 2012
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Clinician Course
    • Tick Biology, Control, Prevention & Removal, Erica Weis
    • Clinical Manifestation of RMSF Including Differences in Arizona & Treatment, Joanna Regan (Not yet available. Contact Joanna Regan for information.)
    • Laboratory Testing for RMSF, Erica Weis
    • Fatal Cases of RMSF, Joanna Regan (Not yet available. Contact Joanna Regan for information.)

Note: Presentations provided in PDF files.

Partners

If you would like to be a sponsor or a partner, please contact christine.wampler@azdhs.gov.