
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 9, 1995                   TAG: 9504100070
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
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DISEASE-CONTROL SEMINAR SET

An Airborne Disease Containment Symposium has been scheduled April 25-26 in Rock Hill, S.C., to help health and engineering specialists develop plans for controlling the spread of such diseases as tuberculosis and pneumonia.

The conference, sponsored by Duke University and Livingston & Haven Institute of Applied Technologies, will address new federal guidelines on containment of airborne diseases in health care facilities. Sessions also are scheduled on the role of heating and air-conditioning systems in the spread of disease and how engineering practices can prevent transmissions.

The conference will be at Baxter M. Hood Center, York Technical College in South Hill. The cost is $259.

Because tuberculosis has been spread in health care settings and because diseases such as TB and pneumonia are developing strains more resistant to medicines, the necessity of having a real-world plan for containment of such diseases is more crucial than ever before, according to the American Biological Safety Association.

Experts participating in the symposium include two past presidents of the biological group, Dr. Jerry Tulis of the Biohazard Science Department at Duke Medical Center and Dr. Jonathan Y. Richmond of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also participating will be Dr. James F. Donohue, a thoracic surgeon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Dr. Wayne R. Thomann of Duke University's Office of Occupational and Environmental Safety.

To register, call Debra Summerville at (800) 588-9896 or (704) 588-9896.

by CNB