Workshop on Respiratory Protection

[Guest guest]

A Workshop on

Respiratory Protection for

Airborne

Infectious Agents

Hosted by

The Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

November 30, 2004;

8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

December 1, 2004; 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

The Westin Buckhead Hotel – Atlanta, Georgia

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is hosting a public meeting to

exchange information and

seek individual input from the participants regarding the following

topics:

•

The current

state of scientific knowledge regarding transmission of certain

infectious agents

through the air, focusing on the scientific basis for respiratory

protection of workers and

patients;

•

The current

state of scientific knowledge regarding respiratory protection as related

to droplet

nuclei and certain aerosol-transmitted agents;

•

Strategies

for improving the quality and effectiveness of respiratory protection;

and

•

Research

needs to fill current knowledge gaps.

(Discussion topics may be

subject to change.)

Rooms are reserved at the Westin Buckhead Hotel under a CDC room block

for the evenings

of Monday, November 29, 2004; Tuesday, November 30, 2004; and Wednesday,

December 1,

2004, at the government rate of $113 per night. The CDC meeting must be

referenced to

receive this special rate. Interested parties should make hotel

reservations directly with the

Westin Buckhead at 1- or before the cut-off date

of

November 12, 2004.

Interested parties should confirm their attendance to this meeting by

completing the on-line

registration form xxxxxxxxxxxxx,

or

save the form and forward it

by e-mail

(npptlevents@...)

or fax () to the

NPPTL Event Management Office.

For additional information, contact:

NPPTL Event Management

3604 Ferry Road, Suite 100

town, West Virginia 26505-2353

Telephone x138, Fax

E-mail npptlevents@...

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announcements/113004wkshp/default.html