Greater Houston Industrial Hygiene Council

Meeting Agenda

Evaluating Emerging Pathogenic and other Medical Issues
Session Arranged by:  Garland Yeager

December 14, 2006 Meeting Agenda

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8:30 - 9:00 AM
Registration
9:00 - 9:05 AM
Introduction and Announcements

Garland F. Yeager
gfyeager @ TexasChildrensHospital.org

9:05 - 10:05 AM
Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphlococcus Aureaus

Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
10:05 - 11:05 AM

Case Study: MRSA & Bed Bug Outbreak on a Drilling Platform

Charles Dingman, CIH, CSP
ICU Environmental, Health & Safety
chuck @ icusafety.com

11:05 - 11:15 AM
BREAK
11:15 - 12:15 PM
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Jessica Hilburn, BSMT, ASCPO, CIC

Manager, Infection Control
Texas Children's Hospital
12:15 - 1:15 PM
LUNCH
1:15 - 2:15 PM
Recent Resurgence of Bed Bugs Cimexlectularious

Jeff T. Cook, CIH< CSP, CIC
Senior Consultant
Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
2:15 - 3:15 PM
Update on Radiation Safety Issues

Paul H. Murphy, Ph.D.

Academic: pmurphy @ bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital: pmurphy @ sleh.com
Phone: (832) 355-3141
Fax: (832) 355-3363
3:15 - 3:35 PM
BREAK
3:35 - 4:35 PM
Strategies for Determining Chemotherapy Agent Concentrations in Healthcare Environments

Linette Baldwin, MS

Occupational Health & Safety, Program Manager
The University of Texas

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
4:35 PM
Adjournment
NOTE:
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