Course Description

When the World Comes to Us: Preparing for Disease Importation During Peak Travel & Events 

• Understand how tourism and migration affects every sector—from ERs to SNFs and urgent cares
• Encourage and apply travel screening across all intake points
• Identify relevant infectious diseases
• Understand global health trends and increasing antimicrobial resistance rates
• Identification of misinformation and combating the spread of
• Understand the importance of vaccination and implementation in inhibiting the spread of infectious diseases
• Implement methods that consider vulnerable populations such as immigrants, pregnant individuals, and varying sexual orientation
• Identify initial response measures
• Encourage global surveillance, especially within high-tourism areas

Presented by:
Kwang-Seok Kang, BA-HS, CPhT, RPhT, a-IPC, CIC, CHEC
Manager of Infection Prevention, Saratoga Hospital
Workgroup Lead, NYSDOH CDR HEPC Emerging Infectious Diseases

And
Savannah Henry, MPH, a-IPC