Overview
Bacterial Infections in the Outpatient Setting: Avoiding Hospital Admissions with Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing
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This e-newsletter will help to improve clinical decision-making when treating multi-drug resistant infections by providing clinicians with strategies to optimize initial antimicrobial therapy. Comparative data on current and emerging therapies, approaches for ideal outpatient care in order to avoid hospital readmission, and clinical perspectives from activity faculty and urgent care clinician Dr. LouAnne Giangreco are included within the activity.
This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, urgent care clinicians, and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of pre-hospital bacterial infections.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Discuss the role of clinicians in primary and urgent care settings in the diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial infections in order to prevent hospitalization
• Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms underlying antibiotic effectiveness and duration of therapy
• Describe strategies to optimize initial antimicrobial therapy to ensure effectiveness of antibiotics and reduce the development of resistance
• Summarize the features and critical differences amongst available and emerging antibiotics in the treatment of acute and bacterial infections
• Discuss the role of clinicians in primary and urgent care settings in the diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial infections in order to prevent hospitalization
• Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms underlying antibiotic effectiveness and duration of therapy
• Describe strategies to optimize initial antimicrobial therapy to ensure effectiveness of antibiotics and reduce the development of resistance
• Summarize the features and critical differences amongst available and emerging antibiotics in the treatment of acute and bacterial infections
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Merck & Company.
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2. Compatible with Windows PC and MAC (256 MB of RAM or higher)
3. Activity is best viewed on Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Safari 5.0 or higher and Firefox 29.0 or higher
4. Adobe Reader to print certificate. Click here to download Adobe Reader for free.
5. Allow ActiveX controls to run on your computer: If the yellow strip appears on the top of your web browser while running the Webcast, right click on it and select Allow blocked contents to run.
6. Turn the Pop-up blocker off: On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Turn Off Pop-up Blocker
This activity was created in partnership with the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA). UCAOA is a membership association for urgent care health and management professionals, clinics and those who support the urgent care industry. UCAOA provides educational programs in clinical care and practice management, has a monthly Journal of Urgent Care Medicine and maintains an active online presence and member community for daily exchange of best practices. UCAOA provides leadership, education and resources for the successful practice of urgent care for its members.
LouAnne Giangreco, MD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Five Star Urgent Care
Ellicottville, NY
Chief Medical Officer
Five Star Urgent Care
Ellicottville, NY
ACHL requires that the faculty participating in a CME/CE activity disclose all affiliations or other financial relationships (1) with the manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and (2) with any commercial supporters of the activity. All conflicts of interest have been resolved prior to this CME/CE activity. ACHL also requires participating faculty to disclose when unapproved/unlabeled uses of a product are discussed in a CME/CE activity.
Disclosures of the following financial relationships have been provided:
LouAnne Giangreco, MD, FACEP
Nothing to disclose
Disclosures of the following financial relationships have been provided:
LouAnne Giangreco, MD, FACEP
Nothing to disclose
ACHL staff members and others involved with the planning, development, and review of the content for this activity have the following relevant affiliations or financial relationships to disclose:
Debra Gordon, medical writing consultant with ACHL, owns stock in Merck & Company.
Debra Gordon, medical writing consultant with ACHL, owns stock in Merck & Company.
The faculty in this activity may discuss investigational uses of novel therapies under investigation for multidrug resistant bacterial infections.
This CME/CE activity might describe the off-label, investigational, or experimental use of medications and/or devices that may exceed their FDA-approved labeling. Physicians should consult the current manufacturers’ prescribing information for these products.
The content for this activity was developed independently of the commercial supporter. All materials are included with permission. The opinions expressed are those of the faculty and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantor.
This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support. Recommendations involving clinical medicine in a continuing medical education (CME/CE) activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in CME/CE in support or justification of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
This CME/CE activity might describe the off-label, investigational, or experimental use of medications and/or devices that may exceed their FDA-approved labeling. Physicians should consult the current manufacturers’ prescribing information for these products.
The content for this activity was developed independently of the commercial supporter. All materials are included with permission. The opinions expressed are those of the faculty and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantor.
This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support. Recommendations involving clinical medicine in a continuing medical education (CME/CE) activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in CME/CE in support or justification of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
This activity will take approximately 60 minutes to complete. To receive credit, participants are required to complete the pre-test, view the activity, and complete the post-test and evaluation. To receive credit, 80% must be achieved on the post-test. A certificate will be immediately available. There is no fee to participate in the activity or for the generation of the certificate.
For questions, please contact Alicia Graf at agraf@achlcme.org.
Physicians
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
ACHL is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU for this program.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). In obtaining this accreditation, ACHL has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice. As a result of the Authorized Provider status, ACHL is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.
IACET CEUs are accepted by the American Nurses Association. Contact your licensing agency for details.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
ACHL is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU for this program.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). In obtaining this accreditation, ACHL has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice. As a result of the Authorized Provider status, ACHL is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.
IACET CEUs are accepted by the American Nurses Association. Contact your licensing agency for details.
