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2013 Conference Info

Date and Location of Conference
The 18th Annual Bi-State Infectious Disease Conference will be held at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel on Friday, October 11, 2013. This conference is jointly provided by St. Anthony’s Medical Center, Missouri and Illinois Public Health, and APIC-St. Louis Chapter 73.

Cost
Coming Soon.

Purpose
The Bi-State Infectious Disease Conference was developed in 1995 as a collaborative effort of the local APIC Chapter 73, public health departments and school nurses in the Missouri and Illinois bi-state area.

The annual conference is designed to provide continuing education for health care professionals from Missouri and Illinois. It provides the most current information for disease intervention, detection, prevention, control and preparedness pertaining to infectious disease in order to provide optimal healthcare to our patients and to our community.

Target Audience
Designed for public health personnel, family physicians, generalists, hospitalists, infectious disease specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, infection preventionists, correctional nurses, school nurses and dental assistants.

Objectives
This conference is designed to meet the challenging demands of disease prevention, control and preparedness in order to provide optimal health care to our patients and to our community. At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be able to:

Acquire knowledge of infectious disease interventions from experts for a variety of communicable diseases.
Discuss the balancing role and integration of mission between public health departments, emergency medical services, medical providers, emergency management, etc. within the unified vision of emergency preparedness.
Identify and respond with up-to-date information on emerging infectious diseases.
Obtain new information in laboratory testing, prevention, management and treatment of various infectious diseases.
Develop awareness of epidemiology and important issues for numerous communicable diseases affecting public and private health professionals.
Assess the need to be ready and the ability to respond to bio-terrorism threats and pandemic events.

Nursing CE
Participants must attend the conference in its entirety to receive continuing education credits. St. Anthony's Medical Center (SAMC) is an approved provider of Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) by Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.