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RACGP – Monkeypox update

6 September 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join the RACGP WA and the WA Department of Health for an update on Monkeypox. The panel will provide key updates for GPs and answer any questions you may have.

This practical update covers:

  • clinical presentation and case management
  • e​pidemiology update, risk groups, public health case and contact management,
  • vaccination update, including treatment options, vaccine efficacy/availability and post exposure prophylaxis
  • testing protocols, preferred specimen, specimen pathway and PPE protocols
  • Q&A session

Panellists:

  • Dr Belinda Wozencroft, General Practitioner, View St Medical
  • Dr Jelena Maticevic, Senior Medical Advisor, CDCD
  • Dr David Speers, Clinical Microbiologist, PathWest Laboratory Medicine

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