MADRI Hosts Conference on Device-Related Infections
The 10th Annual Conference of the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections (MADRI) will be held June 3-5, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Lost Pines, Texas. The event, directed by Rabih Darouiche, MD, will focus on infections associated with medical devices and seek to find solutions to existing problems.
The event offers continuing medical education for physicians as well as contact hours for nurses, and has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas of Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medicine Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Washington University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education and the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections.
For more information about the program, faculty and registration costs, visit: http://www.maadrialliance.org/program2011.htm
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