Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 09:25:02 -0400 From: "Flynn Mclean" Subject: MMWR 08/09/96: Notices to Readers MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT ****************************************** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention August 9, 1996 Vol. 45, No. 31 Notice to Readers Prevention 97 Conference: Science, Technology, and Practice Prevention 97, the 14th annual national preventive medicine meeting, will be sponsored by the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine in collaboration with CDC and other national health agencies in Atlanta, March 20-23, 1997. The conference will explore current science, technology, and practice for preventive medicine in the health-care system. Information about registration and submission of abstracts is available from the Meetings Manager, Prevention 97, 1660 L Street, N.W., Suite 206, Washington, DC, 20036-5603; telephone (202) 466-2569. Notice to Readers Course in Hospital Epidemiology CDC and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) will cosponsor a hospital epidemiology training course October 5-8, 1996, in San Antonio, Texas. The course, designed for infectious disease fellows, new hospital epidemiologists, and infection-control practitioners, provides hands-on exercises to improve skills in detection, investigation, and control of epidemiologic problems encountered in the hospital setting and lectures and seminars on fundamental aspects of hospital epidemiology. Additional information is available from SHEA Meetings Department, 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200, Woodbury, NJ 08095-3172; telephone (609) 845-1720; fax (609) 853-0411. Notice to Readers Satellite Videoconference On September 5, 1996, "Nasopharyngeal Radium Irradiation: Current Medical Issues," a live satellite videoconference, will be broadcast to sites nationwide from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. eastern daylight time on the Public Health Training Network. Cosponsors are CDC, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. From 1940 until the mid-1960s, nasopharyngeal radium irradiation was used to treat children with chronic ear infections and hearing loss, and World War II submariners and aviators with otic barotrauma. An estimated 500,000-2 million persons received the treatment. The interactive videoconference will provide up-to-date information on this former radiation treatment. Toll-free telephone lines will be available for participants to ask questions about nasopharyngeal radium irradiation, possible health effects, and other related topics. Continuing Medical Education credits and a variety of other continuing education credits will be available. Additional information is available by calling (404) 332-4565 and requesting document number 564014. To register, print the participant's name, address, daytime phone number, fax number, and the word "NASO" and fax to (800) 553-6323. Course materials will be sent immediately following registration.