Notice to Readers
Satellite Broadcast on Immunization Update
Immunization Update 1998, a live satellite broadcast, will be
held
September 10, 1998, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. eastern daylight time
(EDT)
with a repeat broadcast from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT. Cosponsors
are CDC
and the Public Health Training Network. This broadcast is designed
for
physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners,
pharmacists,
medical students, and others who provide vaccinations and counsel
patients
about vaccination. Topics will include new vaccines for rotavirus
and Lyme
disease, live attenuated influenza vaccine, and new recommendations
for the
use of measles-containing vaccine and the vaccination of
health-care
workers.
Participants will be able to interact with the instructors
through
toll-free telephone, fax, and TTY lines. Continuing education
credits for
various professions will be offered based on 2.5 hours of
instruction.
Additional information and registration are available from
state or
county health department immunization programs. A list of state
immunization coordinators is available on the World-Wide Web,
http://www.cdc.gov/phtn.
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