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Co-organized by SHEA, APIC, CDC, and IDSA

March 18-22, 2010
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Awards Deadline: November 30, 2009

Visit the Official Decennial Site for more information on abstracts, sessions, registration, exhibits, hotel reservations, and more.

California mandated that all physicians with responsibility for infection control in their hospitals receive specialized training in infection surveillance, prevention and control by January 1, 2010.

To meet this need, SHEA and CDC adapted their Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology to a one-day curriculum. Participants received 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ and a certificate that fulfills the statutory requirement. 

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Doubletree Hotel & Meeting Center
Berkeley, CA 
Course Evaluation and CME Application

Friday, October 9, 2009
Hyatt Regency Orange County
Garden Grove, CA
Course Evaluation and CME Application

Media inquiries, please contact: (202) 745-5061, tparr@gymr.com. 

Press release, Nov. 6: Leading Scientific Organizations Urge White House to Modify 2009 H1N1 Guidance and Issue Moratorium on OSHA Enforcement

Letter to President Obama, Nov. 5

SHEA Media Statement on CDC updated guidance on infection control measures for 2009 H1N1.

SHEA Position Statement: Interim Guidance on Infection Control Precautions for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A H1N1 in Healthcare Facilities

SHEA, APIC, ACOEM, and IDSA Joint Position Statement: Healthcare Personnel at High-Risk for Severe Influenza Illness: Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Novel H1N1 Influenza A

On September 1 CDC announced plans to distribute $40 million to state health departments to help prevent HAIs, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The money will be distributed through cooperative agreements to 49 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico to maximize prevention efforts such as:
• Creating or expanding state and local efforts to implement recommendations in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HAI Action Plan
• Increasing health care facilities’ and health departments’ use of CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network, a surveillance system that allows HAI data to be tracked, analyzed and compared for prevention efforts • Hiring and training public health staff to promote and lead HAI prevention initiatives
• Complementing HAI investments from other HHS agencies

CDC Release

A study conducted by Past President Leonard Mermel, with Shadaba Asad and Joseph Sweeney on the increasing numbers of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis cases. read study