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ID LINKS was started by Alan Tice, M.D., from monies received in recognition of his award as 1996 Clinician of the Year by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

The objective has been to provide a web site for coordination of information and resources available in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. It also has services for the infectious diseases community that are not available otherwise.

The basic philosophy of ID LINKS is to provide information that is not readily available elsewhere. If others provide similar information or comparable services we would prefer to simply link to them on the net and spend our time and effort in developing new areas for ID LINKS.

Since its inception in May of 1996, there has been a rapid growth in traffic at the site. We now consistently have over 40,000 "hits" per month, with exploration of every aspect and page of our site.

Our visitors include a wide variety of professionals, including physicians, pharmacists, nurses, academics and government employees. They also come from countries as diverse as Israel, Argentina, Iceland, Somalia, and India.

CONNECTIONS

At present, ID LINKS provides hot links to a number of other important infectious diseases organizations. The site provides links to the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as the World Health Organization (WHO). There are also links to international and national organizations such as the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Association of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Association for Vascular Access (AVA), and many academic sites.

In addition, there is information about other organizations that may not have their own web site to link to. This includes international infectious diseases organizations. This information facilitates communication among infectious diseases specialists, microbiologists, immunologists, nurses and pharmacists.

UNIQUE FEATURES

There are also unique features about ID LINKS which make it particularly valuable to the infectious diseases specialists. These include:

OPAT Resources	This includes background materials, bulletins, references and connection to the national and international registries which have been established.
OPIT SOURCE BOOK	The OPIT Source Book is a compilation of products related to outpatient infusion therapy with descriptions and pictures on line. There are over 100 pages of products that are essential in understanding how to appropriately treat outpatients with intravenous therapies. Much of the information is relevant to hospitalized patients as well. This site is updated frequently and provides comparative information about different types of intravenous catheters as well as infusion devices.
CONFERENCE LISTINGS:	This section contains more than 100 conferences which pertain to infectious diseases, IV therapy, microbiology, infection control, home care that are scheduled over the next three years. The system can sort meetings by topic, date, location, or sponsoring organization. If you want to know where and when the next IDSA meeting is or the next meeting in Phoenix, it is easy to do so. There is no other information source that can provide this variety or number of meetings.
SPEAKERS CLUB:	Will be added soon.

CONTRIBUTIONS

IDLINKS has been supported by unrestricted educational grants from 3M, Adventis and Roche. The differences between contributions and expenses has been made up for by Alan Tice.

If you would like to learn more about ID LINKS web site, please contact us by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us at 808-373-3488 or Fax 808-373-9924.

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