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Greater Houston Industrial Hygiene Council
Meeting Agenda
Zoonoses and Related Issues at Work and at War!
Session Arranged by: Texas Children's Hospital and ICU Environmental, Health and Safety
February 16, 2006 Meeting Agenda
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Registration
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Introduction and Announcements
Janet Wiiki CIH, CSP
Principal Consultant
ICU Environmental, Health and Safety
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Anthrax, Smallpox, Ebola and More-- The Frightening Past and Lethal Future of Biological Warfare
A Public Television Video Presentation
In the chilling aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, America finds itself threatened by powerful biological weapons potentially as lethal-- but more portable-- than a nuclear arsenal. NOVA follows three reporters from The New York Times as they travel the world researching biological weapons for their headline-grabbing bestseller, Germs, and for this in-depth documentary.
NOVA, along with authors Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and Pulitzer Prize-winner William Broad, trace the veiled history of "black biology" and discover the frightening truth about the United States' involvement in the development of biological weapons, devastating Soviet biological stockpiles, classified government research projects and a world totally unprepared for germ warfare.
In Bioterror, bioweapons experts, former Russian military leaders, biologists, unprecedented access to biological factories, and insights from high-level military personnel answer the toughest questions: Where do germ weapons come from? Who has access to them? Can the air we breathe become a weapon? And can America defend itself against germ warfare?
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Medical Ethics in Times of Disasters: Challenges to Fulfilling Fiduciary Responsibility
Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Education
Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Dr. McCullough will present an overview of ethical principles that can be used to guide physicians and other healthcare professionals in fulfilling fiduciary responsibility during disasters. These principles, which can be used to guide healthcare organizations, identify a preventive ethics approach to the ethical challenges that arise during disasters.
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BREAK
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Bioterrorism and Zoonoses - A Video Presentation
This program describes the need for animal health surveillance systems that exist at the state level in New York. The role of public health and the animal health community in supporting early detection of illness among animals to aide in the identification of a potential bioterrorism event is described. Dr. Bryan Cherry, VMD, PhD and NYS Deputy Public Health Veterinarian will discuss the identification and tracking of zoonotic diseases at the state/community level. The program includes information on:
- How to delineate zoonotic illnesses that are bioterrorism threats.
- A contrast between human and animal public health surveillance, investigation and control activities.
- Exercises for public health professionals on animal illness scenarios that directly threaten humans.
To Be Determined.
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LUNCH
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Zoonoses - Day to Day Vet Science Issues and Beyond!
Dr. Collins will present an overview of the challenges faced in the wake of Hurricane Rita as a large animal heath care facility was converted to a 200 bed human healthcare facility. Dr. Collins will also present information on the day to day occupational hazards associated with veterinary science workers.
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Zoonoses - at the Zoo
Dr. Tocidlowski will present an overview of the zoonosis associated with walk-through aviaries. This presentation includes a brief introduction to some of the concerns that veterinarians have with people coming in direct contact with animals at the zoo, birds specifically.
Maryanne E. Tocidlowski, DVM, DACZM
Associate Veterinarian
Houston Zoo Inc.
Houston, Texas
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It's all Happening at the Zoo! - A GHIHC Field Trip
All GHIHC Participants
After traveling to the zoo in our own vehicles, Dr. Tocidlowski will take us on a guided tour of the zoo clinic. The clinic's mission and capabilities will be discussed in this exclusive behind the scenes peek at this key functional area of the Houston Zoo. Afterwards, attendees are invited to tour the zoo at their leisure. The recent unseasonably warm weather promises to make this outing a real treat!
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Mailing List Updates To go paperless for the GHIHC mailing list, please send a request to: icu@icusafety.com |
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