Course Content
This no-cost, one-day conference is
designed for physicians, nurse
practitioners, physician assistants,
nurses, health care workers, and
infection control practitioners who are
interested in diagnosing and treating TB.
The agenda includes:
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Tuberculosis 2006:
Recent Advances for
an Ancient Disease
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Friday, September 29, 2006
8:00AM- 4:00PM
Frisbie Hospital Community
Education and
Conference Center
Rochester, New Hampshire
Blood-based testing for
Tuberculosis infections including
QuantiFERON®-TB Gold
Diagnosis and treatment of TB
and latent TB infection
Case presentations
Updates in pediatric TB
Top 10 differential diagnoses for
suspect TB
Tuberculosis in immigrants
New correctional facility
guidelines
TB resources through NH
Department of Public Health
Services
Continuing Education Credits are
available for physicians and nurses.
Registration and directions are enclosed.
Lunch will be provided. Space is
limited.
Program Objectives
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Recognize the difference
between TB in adults and
children
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Identify children at high risk for
TB and LTBI
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Define risk assessment approach
to TB screening for detention
and correctional facilities
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Discuss importance of
collaboration between health
department and corrections
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Describe the advantages and
limitations of blood based assays
for diagnosis of LTBI
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Identify top 10 differential
diagnoses for patients with
suspect TB
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Identify diagnostic and treatment
recommendations for patients
with LTBI and active TB
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Describe the public health
resources available through the
NH TB program
Registration
Continuing Education Credits
Faculty
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Continuing Medical Education
The Bureau of Communicable Disease
Control (BCDC), Massachusetts
Department of Public Health (MDPH) is
accredited by the Massachusetts Medical
Society to sponsor intrastate continuing
medical education for physicians. An
application for continuing education
credits has been submitted.
Lisa V. Adams, MD
Assistant Professor, Section of Infection
Control and International Health,
Dartmouth Medical School
Address:
City:
Zip:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
State:
There is no cost for this conference.
Please mail, fax or email your
registration by Friday, September 15,
2006 to:
Lisa Roy
NH TB Program
Division of Public Health Services
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-4492 Fax: 603-271-0545
lisa.b.roy@dhhs.state.nh.us
David Itkin, MD
Seacoast Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Clinician
Mark Lobato, MD
Medical Officer, New England Region
CDC, Division of TB Elimination
Continuing Nursing Education
This program is offered by the
Massachusetts Department of Public
Health (MDPH), Bureau of
Communicable Disease Control
(BCDC). Nursing contact hours for this
program will be provided in accordance
with the Board of Registration in
Nursing regulation governing continuing
education (CMR 244 5.00). An
application for continuing education
credits has been submitted.
Judy Proctor, RN, BSN
NH Division of Public Health Services
NH TB Program Coordinator
Irene Rupp Hodge, MD
Rochester Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Clinician
Elizabeth Talbot, MD
NH Division of Public Health Services
Deputy State Epidemiologist
Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
Sponsored by the New Hampshire
Department of Health and Human
Services, the Northeastern National TB
Center, the Massachusetts Department
of Public Health and Frisbie Hospital
Directions
FROM LOGAN AIRPORT:
FROM MANCHESTER, NH:
Take Route 1A North, approx. 10 mi. to Peabody and
bear right onto Route 95 North. Drive 15 miles to fork
at Exit 4 and bear left for the Spaulding Turnpike.
Follow Spaulding Turnpike to Exit 12 (Route 125). At
the end of the ramp, bear right onto Route 125 North
toward Rochester. Continue on 125 North to the fifth
set of lights and turn right onto South Main Street.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital is approx. 1/2 mile on the
left.
Take Route 293 East to Route 93 North. Drive about
two miles and take exit for Route 101 East. Take exit
for Route 125 and turn left at the end of ramp onto
Route 125 North. Proceed on 125 N. for approx. 30
min. into Rochester. You will pass under the Spaulding
Turnpike as you enter Rochester. At the fifth set of
lights turn right onto South Main Street. Frisbie
Memorial Hospital is approx. 1/2 mile on the left.
FROM PORTLAND, ME:
TO THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND
CONFERENCE CENTER:
Take Route 95 South to Exit 4 (Biddeford) to Route
111 West. Follow Route 111 for 30-40 minutes to
Route 202 South. Look for Minor's restaurant on the
left. Go over the bridge and turn left at the intersection
by Cumberland Farms. Proceed through the first
intersection and bear left at the fork in the road. Go to
the end of this road and turn left onto South Main
Street. Frisbie Memorial Hospital is approximately 1/2
mile on the left.
Enter through the hospital's main parking lot from
Route 108. Bear right, up the hill to the top of the hill
and take your first right. The CECC will be on your
right. Enter through the copper canopy.