To better protect patients and health care workers (HCWs), IDSA recently strengthened its policy on mandatory immunization of HCWs. The strengthened statement applies to both seasonal influenza and 2009 H1N1 influenza. 

A comparison of surgical masks and N95 respirators in the prevention of influenza, the effectiveness of inactivated vs. live attenuated influenza vaccine, using procalcitonin levels to guide antibiotic use in patients with lower respiratory tract infections, the use of soap and water for eradicating Clostridium difficile from hands, and pre-masticated food and HIV transmission.

IDSA 47th Annual Meeting
October 29-November 1, 2009
Philadelphia, PA

• Session submission deadline for 2010 – November 6

IDSA Fellows’ In-Training Exam
February 9-10, 2010
Registration opens November 3, 2009

IDSA/FDA Workshop:  Advancing Clinical Development of Molecular and Other Diagnostic Tests for Respiratory Tract Infections
November 12-13, 2009
Silver Spring, MD

5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections
March 18-22, 2010
Atlanta, GA
Abstract submission deadline – November 16, 2009