PER-298: Team Approach to Foodborne Outbreak Response

Dates: Oct. 24-25, 2024. Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET daily. Location: MADE@Plainfield (Hendricks County).

Description:

This course addresses the training needs of staff who have a role in foodborne outbreak response. Participants include individuals from state and local government agencies with experience in foodborne disease outbreak response and knowledge of their agency's outbreak investigation capabilities. Partners from federal agencies and the food industry will also benefit from participation in this course, since it identifies how the skills, resources and expertise of all levels of government can be coordinated within an integrated national food system.

Knowing how and when to engage the expertise of these specialists can save time during investigations, which can mean fewer illnesses and deaths. This course provides strategies for leveraging resources at all levels of government as well as food industry subject matter experts to build investigation and response capabilities. Overall, this course will help these entities function as a team during a foodborne outbreak response.

For full information and to register, search "20241024" on Acadis Portal.

This is a dual registration course. Students will need to register with LSU-NCBRT as well: https://train.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Student/Register?ClassID=32376.