TIBDN Education Day Talks

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» Video Presentations from Fall 2011:

• TIBDN Education Day 1 Talks/Presentations
  Presented on Thursday, November 3, 2011
  
  Video Contents
  
  Welcome / Introduction
  Dr. Allison McGeer
  
  Science of influenza transmission
  Dr. Carolyn Bridges
  Associate Director for Adult Immunizations
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
  
  The Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance in Canada and Globally: Can We Predict
  Future Spread from Past Experiences?
  Dr. Michael Mulvey
  Chief, Antimicrobial Resistance and Nosocomial Infections
  National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg
  
  MRSA in household contacts of positive patients
  Dr. Kevin Katz
  Director of Infection Prevention and Control
  North York General Hospital, Toronto
  
  Fecal transplants as treatment for C. difficile
  Dr. Susy Hota
  Infection Prevention and Control Medical Specialist
  University Health Network, Infection Prevention and Control, Toronto
  
  ICU sinks as a reservoir for an outbreak of ESBL-producing Klebsiella oxytoca
  Dr. Christopher Lowe
  Medical Microbiology / Fellow
  University of Toronto, Toronto
  
  Emergence of VanA positive vancomycin susceptible Enterococcous faecium in hospitalized patients
  Dr. Samir Patel
  Microbiologist, Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Toronto
  
  TIBDN Update
  Dr. Allison McGeer
  
  
  
• TIBDN Education Day 2 Talks/Presentations
  Presented on Friday, November 18th, 2011
  
  Video Contents
  
  Welcome / Introduction
  Dr. Allison McGeer
  
  Prevalence of antibiotic resistant organisms in Canadian hospitals
  Dr. Andrew Simor
  Microbiologist-In-Chief
  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
  
  4th Annual Catherine Mulvale, Surviving Strep-Strategies for Life Lecture
  Virulence factors in Group A Streptococcal disease
  Dr. Randall Olsen
  Director, Molecular Diagnostics
  The Methodist Hospital, Houston Texas
  
  Screening and detection methods for carbapenemase-producing Gram-negatives
  Dr. Athanassios Tsakris
  Director, Microbiology Department
  Medical School University of Athens, Greece
  
  Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  Dr. Vanessa Allen
  Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Consultant
  Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Toronto
  
  Surveillance of E. coli beta-lactam resistance in Greater Toronto Area, Ontario
  Ms. Olga Lastovetska
  MSc Student
  Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto
  
  TIBDN Update / Plans
  Dr. Allison McGeer