Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 10:21:41 +0500
From: ghmcleaf{CONTRACTOR/ASPEN/ghmcleaf}%NAC-GATEWAY.ASPEN@ace.aspensys.com
Subject: MMWR 04/07/95


MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
April 7, 1995
Vol. 44, No. 13

Notice to Readers
1995 Institute: Frontiers in Laboratory Practice Research
     CDC is sponsoring the 1995 Institute, "Frontiers in Laboratory
Practice Research," in Atlanta, October 1-3. The Institute will
include research strategies and methods for addressing major issues
in laboratory practice. Abstracts for poster presentations will be
accepted until July 28 in the following areas: Personnel,
Proficiency Testing, Quality Assurance, Detection of Problems
Affecting Patient Outcome, Establishing Analytical Performance
Goals, Measuring the Impact of Change on Laboratory Testing,
Laboratory-Focused Health Systems Research, and Establishing
Medically Relevant Performance Goals for the Laboratory. The
registration deadline is September 1.
     Registration and abstract submission information are available
from the Meeting Manager, Division of Laboratory Systems, Public
Health Practice Program Office, CDC, Mailstop G-23, 4770 Buford
Highway, Atlanta, GA, 30341-3724; telephone (404) 488-7680.
Monthly Immunization Table
     To track progress toward achieving the goals of the Childhood
Immunization Initiative (CII), CDC publishes monthly a tabular
summary of the number of cases of all diseases preventable by
routine childhood vaccination reported during the previous month
and year-to-date (provisional data). In addition, the table
compares provisional data with final data for the previous year and
highlights the number of reported cases among children aged less
than 5 years, who are the primary focus of CII. Data in the table
are derived from CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance
System.