Webinar Training Opportunity
HPV Vaccinations: From Recommendations
to Practice
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Noon EST
The Florida
Department of Health, Immunization Section would like to share an upcoming
training opportunity, “HPV
Vaccinations: From Recommendations to Practice.” The human papillomaviruses
(HPV) cause over 31,000 cases of cancer in the U.S. each year.
Join National
Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) President-Elect, Joseph A.
Bocchini, Jr., MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
Health Sciences Center at Louisiana State University and Tracy Bieber, RN,
BSN, Immunization Strategy Manager at Sanford Health System for an update
on current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations
regarding the use of HPV vaccines and strategies for improving immunization
rates.
At the
conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the epidemiology,
clinical manifestations, and outcomes of HPV infection
- Discuss ACIP recommendations
for the use of HPV vaccines and the rationale for universal immunization
- Discuss safety of HPV vaccines
and early data on vaccine effectiveness
Continuing
Nursing Education (CNE)
This
continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses
Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center's Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91). It has been approved for a
maximum of 1.0 contact hour.
Continuing
Medical Education (CME)
The NFID is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide
continuing medical education for physicians. NFID designates this continuing
material for a maximum of 1.0 American Medical Association Physician’s
Recognition Award (AMA PRA) Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim
only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
Please
review the attached documents and distribute to appropriate staff. If you have
any questions, feel free to contact Dearline Thomas-Brown, MPH, BSN, RN,
Executive Community Health Nursing Director at (850) 245-4444, ext. 2384.
Robert M. Griffin, Administrator
Immunization Section, Bureau of Epidemiology
Division of Disease Control and Health Protection
(850) 245-4331, Robert.Griffin@flhealth.gov