Osteoporosis is a major public health concern, and the most common bone disease. It is estimated that one in two Caucasian women and one in five men will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture at some time in their life.2 Nurse Practitioners are often at the frontline in the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. Fifty-five percent of all AANP members regularly (at least weekly) treat patients with osteoporosis.

This program will review the most recent influenza vaccination recommendations, clinical data on safety and effectiveness of these vaccines, and methodologies that can be used to increase vaccination in these populations will be presented.

For the first time the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) combined their respective annual conferences to present the 48th Annual ICAAC and the 46th Annual IDSA Meeting held in Washington, DC on October 25-28, 2008. As the Johns Hopkins Point-of-Care Information Technology Center, who manage the ABX and HIV guides, strives to provide the most current information for their registrants, this program highlights the most relevant information in antibiotics and vaccines as presented at the ICAAC/IDSA Annual Meeting.

This program will review the most recent influenza vaccination recommendations, clinical data on safety and effectiveness of these vaccines, and methodologies that can be used to increase vaccination in these populations will be presented.