The Pandemic Influenza & Workplace Infectious Diseases Summit held in Canberra over the 12-14th of may will discuss:

• Workplace infectious diseases
• Prevalence and costs to organisations of workplace infectious diseases
• The key preventions and preparations measures
• Drawing lessons for the future from last year’s outbreaks - Equine influenza and seasonal influenza outbreak
• The obligations for employers and employees - Views of unions and regulators
• Pandemic preparation work for critical infrastructure
• Lessons from recent Australian pandemic exercises
• The potential for the mutation of H5N1 and other research developments
• The issues that could derail pandemic and infectious disease plans
• Developments in national pandemic planning

For more information go to:
http://www.pandemic.net.au

To see the Pandemic.net.au Newsletter go to:
http://www.pandemic.net.au/newsletter.html

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