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Application Deadline: Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 4:00 pm Pacific Time
Webinar Date: Monday, September 8, 2025
Webinar Time: 2:05 - 4:05 pm Pacific Time. (If you are unsure about the time zone differences, please use the Time Converter.)
Cost: There is no fee for this webinar.
Credit: This webinar is approved for up to 2.00 Continuing Education hours (see below). Certificates will be available approximately 12 weeks after the webinar.
Description: This webinar will review the DRAFT updates to California's Isolation Guidelines and use case studies to explore implementation successes and challenges. (Please note: the draft updates are still under review and have not yet been approved.)
Target Audience: This webinar is intended for physicians, nurses, and public health professionals working in or with jurisdictions implementing California's Isolation Guidelines. Health professionals working outside of California are welcome.
Objectives (partial list):
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
- describe the draft updates being made to California's Isolation Guidelines to support local implementation.
- describe how to apply the draft updates to California's Isolation Guidelines to cases to support accurate assessment of patient infectiousness and appropriately tailor precautions in various community settings.
Webinar Format: Lecture, case discussion, and Q&A
Presenters:
Karissa LeClair Cortez, MD, MPH
Deputy Health Officer & TB Controller
County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency
Santa Cruz, CA
Shom Dasgupta-Tsinikas, MD, FAAP
Senior Physician & Medical Director
Tuberculosis Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Susannah Graves, MD, MPH
Director, Tuberculosis Branch
Population Health Division
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco, CA
Kristen Wendorf, MD, MS
Public Health Medical Officer
Tuberculosis Control Branch
Division of Communicable Diseases Control
Center for Infectious Diseases
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This training is approved for up to 2.00 continuing education hours.
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This training is approved for up to 2.00 continuing education hours. Board requirements prevent us from offering CE credit to people who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the training, or leave the training early. Therefore, partial credit will not be awarded.
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is designated as a Tuberculosis Center of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COE) via a funded cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
United States