What Were the Biggest Infection Prevention Stories This Week? Ebola's Outpaced Response, Lyme Coinfection Data, and Sterile Processing Burnout Explained, and more
|Articles|January 2, 2007
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JANUARY 2007
24-26
ICT Conference on Professional Development
Produced by ICT and Virgo Publishing, LLC
Hampton Inn, Las Vegas
FEBRUARY 2007
6
APIC Grand Rounds: A Call to Action Elimination of MRSA Transmission
Philadelphia
MARCH 2007
6
APIC Grand Rounds: A Call to Action Elimination of MRSA Transmission
St. Louis
10-15
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) annual meeting
Orlando, Fla.
27
APIC Grand Rounds: A Call to Action Elimination of MRSA Transmission
Dallas
APRIL 2007
14-17
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) annual meeting
Baltimore
Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore
29-May 2
IAHCSMM annual meeting
Atlanta
May 2007
1
APIC Grand Rounds: A Call to Action Elimination of MRSA Transmission
New York City
JUNE 2007
9-14
National Education Conference on Infection Prevention and Control Sponsored by the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) of Canada
Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(204) 897-5990 or (866) 999-7111
24-28
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) annual meeting
San Jose, Calif.
SEPTEMBER 2007
15-18
ASHCSP annual meeting
St. Louis
30-Oct. 4
ASHES annual meeting
St. Louis
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