Date
| Topic
| Speakers
| Meeting Note
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June 12
| Role of the Laboratory in Detection and Prevention of Health Care-associated Infections with MRSA
| Frederick Nolte, PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine Medical University of South Carolina
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June 19
| Post-operative Staph Infections – How to Prevent and Treat
| Paul Holtom, MD
University of Southern California
Daphne Hemmings, MD
Surgeon - Queens Hospital
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June 26
| How to Protect Yourself and others – the Bug, the Host, the Interface
| Alan Tice, MD, JABSOM
Bob Havrilak, Environmental Engineer
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July 3
| HOLIDAY WEEKEND
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July 10
| Staph Infections in Kids – Risks and Host Factors
| Marian Melish, MD, JABSOM Rep from School Nurse Association
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July 17
| Infection Control at Home
| Susan Slavish, RN - Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epi Darlene Azevedo, RN - Home Care Assoc.
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July 24
| Staphylococci in Hawaii
Staphylococci in the Feet
| Sarah Park, MD – DOH Hawaii
David Armstrong, DPM
|
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July 31
| Antibiotic Therapy for Staph – the New and the Old
| Barry Eisenstein, MD
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
|
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August 7
| Is the Sea Safe?
| Watson Okubo – State Water Purity
Bruce Anderson, PhD– Oceanic Institute
Marvin Heskett – Surfrider Foundation
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August 14
| Pathogenesis of Staph Infections – Virulence and Resistance Genes
| Matthew J. Bankowski, PhD – Diag Lab Steve Seifried, PhD - JABSOM
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August 21
| Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance in Another Queens Hospital
| Sorana Segal-Maurer, MD
Queens Hospital New York
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August 28
| Implementation of Rapid Diagnostic Techniques
| David Persing, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Cepheid, Inc
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