Please forward this announcement to anyone you think may be interested.

Also, if you have web pages, would it be possible to put a link on your
events page?  We will of course return links to your organisation from the
Manchester University web site, please send any link you would like us to
include.

Kind regards

Andrea Lofthouse
Acting for Dr. David Baxter

10th  NATIONAL IMMUNISATION CONFERENCE FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS

The University of Manchester and Stockport Postgraduate Medical Education
Centre invite you to attend the 10th  National Immunisation Conference for
Health Care Workers to be held on Friday, 15th December 2000 from 9.00 a.m.
to 5.00 p.m. in the Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre at Manchester Royal
Infirmary

Chairman:  Dr David Salisbury, Principal Medical Officer, Department of Health

The Conference is for any health worker involved with immunisation and will
be of interest to Clinical Medical Officers, General Practitioners, Health
Visitors, Practice Nurses, Paediatricians, School Nurses and District
Immunisation Co-ordinators.

The first session of the Conference will address Meningococcal B and C
vaccination, influenza disease and MMR.  In the afternoon, parallel
sessions will cover the investigation and management of adverse reactions,
vaccinating children with eczema, experiences with the new hepatitis
vaccine, group protocols, malaria, anaphylaxis, immunising the at risk
traveller, improving vaccine uptake, pneumococcal disease and managing the
splenectomised patient.

PGEA and CME approval have been applied for.  The cost of the Conference is
70.00 UKP for medical staff and 45.00 UKP for nursing and other staff.
Please complete and return the cut off slip, together with your cheque made
payable to the University of Manchester, to Stockport Postgraduate Medical
Education Centre, Stockport Acute Services NHS Trust, Stepping Hill
Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, SK2 7JE.  If you have any queries,
please telephone  0161 419 4684/4685 or fax 0161 419 4686.  No refunds will
be given for cancellations after Friday 1st December 2000.

A receipt and draft programme will be sent on receipt of payment.


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I would like to attend the 10th National Immunisation Conference on Friday,
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For multiple applications please photocopy and submit a separate form for
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Please return this completed cut off slip together with your cheque made
payable to the University of Manchester, to Stockport Postgraduate Medical
Education Centre, Stockport Acute Services NHS Trust, Stepping Hill
Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, SK2 7JE

Sponsored by Wyeth

PROGRAMME

Immunisation Conference for Health Care Workers

on Friday, 15th December 2000 at Manchester Royal Infirmary

Chairman - Dr David Salisbury, Principal Medical Officer, Department of Health

9.00 a.m.       Coffee and Registration

9.25 a.m.       Introduction

9.30 a.m.       Meningococcal C - The UK Experience
Dr D Salisbury, Principal Medical Officer, DOH

10.00 a.m.      Meningococcal B Vaccines
Professor K Cartwright, PHLS South West

10.30 a.m.      Advances in Pneumococcal Vaccines in Controlling Childhood
Disease
Professor R Booy, St Mary's Hospital, London

11.00 a.m.      Coffee

11.20 a.m.      Influenza Vaccines
Professor J Oxford, St Bartholomew's Hospital

11.50 a.m.      Influenza in Health Workers
Dr W Carmen, Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow

12.10 p.m.      Improving Influenza Vaccine Uptake
Dr J Leese, Senior Medical Officer, DOH

12.30 p.m.      Your Questions Answered

1.00 p.m.       Lunch

Session A
2.00   Introduction by Chairman
Dr David Salisbury
2.05   Managing Adverse Vaccine Reactions
Dr A Cook
2.40   Hep B Vaccines - a review with special Reference to the management
of Hypo
And non-responders
Dr J Zuckerman
3.20   Coffee
3.40   Eczema and Immunisation
To be announced
Measles in Egg Allergic Children
Dr G Lack

Session B
2.00    Introduction by Chairman
Professor Carol Baxter
2.05    Protocols
Carolyn Driver
2.40    The Complicated Traveller
Kate Riley
Coffee
3.30    Malaria
Dr S Welby
4.05    GP Travel Clinics
Norma Evans
4.30   Anaphylaxis
Dr R Pumphrey








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