Past Conferences Archive: 2006 Spring CTCA Conference
A New Era in TB: Can We Replace the TST?
CEU and CME certificates will be mailed approximately 6 weeks following the conference to those who indicated that they would like to receive CEU/CME units, signed in, and completed an evaluation.
Thursday, May 11
Plenary Session
Charles L. Daley: A New Era in TB: Can We Replace the TST?
Gerald H. Mazurek: Development of Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test
Jennifer Flood: Controlling Tuberculosis in California: the Influence of Migration and the Global TB Epidemic
Breakout Sessions
Breakout I - Applications of Genotyping in TB Control
Patrick Moonan
Martin Cilnis
Jennifer Grinsdale
Breakout II - Lab and Program Issues of In Vitro Diagnostic Testing
Sally Liska
Masae Kawamura
Breakout III - TB in the Foreign-born
Florencia Sisterson
Anne Cass and Diana Schneider
Subroto Banerji
Issues in HIV-TB Coinfection
Christopher Ried
Gisela Schecter
Gulshan Bhatia
Posters
Friday, May 12
8:00-12:30 TB Controllers Meeting
8:00 Welcome and Introductions
8:10 Comments and Discussion from the Floor
A. Old Business
1. Local Implementations of Due Process Protections for IsolationB. New Business
1. CalOSHA Airborne Control Standards: Barbara Cole
2. Outbreak investigation in prisons and role of public health (submitted by Dr. Chapman, Solano County)
3. Other items as raised
8:40 State Report: Sarah Royce
California's Preparedness for the Ongoing Threat of Tuberculosis: Sarah Royce
Advocacy update: Bob Benjamin
9:40 QuantiFERON TB Gold Issues: Masae Kawamura
10:10 Break
10:25 Sacramento Regional Isolation Facility: Olivia Kasirye
10:55 Update on SFGH BT/TB Isolation Facility: Masae Kawamura
11:05 Francis J. Curry Tuberculosis Education Center Report: Tom Stuebner
A. RTMCC Report
B. RTMCC and CTCA Collaborations: Tom Stuebner and Allyson Tabor
1. Conference collaborations
2. Other projects
11:20 Acquired TB Drug Resistance in California: Travis Porco
11:40 Report on Guidelines and Priorities: Tony Paz
A. LTBI Guidelines
B. Active Treatment Guidelines
11:55 Bylaws Revisions and Vote: Helene Calvet
12:10 Election of Officers: Allyson Tabor and Sirlura Taylor
12:20 Evaluation
12:30 Adjourn TB Controllers Meeting
12:30-2:00 Mingle and Munch Membership Lunch, including entertainment and prizes
8:15-12:15 NAHPF Membership Meeting
8:15 Call to Order
8:20 Report Updates
CDHS-TBCB Section Updates: Jan Young
8:35 Presentation: Hmong Refugee Training for Healthcare Providers: Marilyn Mochel & Palee Moua, Healthy House Merced
"Hmoob Kev Hais Lus" - Hmong Culture and Way of Speaking
Cross-cultural Communication Differences
Comparing World Views
Working with Hmong Patients
Misconceptions about Bilinguals and Bicultural Individuals
Working Effectively with Hmong Interpreters
Worksheet
10:25 Break
11:25 CureTB Update: Alberto Colorado
11:45 NAHPF Business Meeting
12:15 Adjourn NAHPF Membership Meeting
12:30-2:00 Mingle and Munch Membership Lunch, including entertainment and prizes
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