Educational Strategies Aimed at Best Practices for Urine Culturing in the Long Term Care Setting

November 20, 2024

Description

The program will focus on individuals taking care of residents of long-term care facilities and guide the audience on best practices for urine testing/culturing. During the webinar, educational strategies for staff in LTC settings will be discussed with a particular focus on producing toolkits for providers in LTC settings centered around diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship.

Target Audience

  • Infection Control Practioners in Long-term Care Settings
  • Pharmacists in LTC
  • Infection Preventionists
  • Medical Directors in LTC
  • Physicians

Learning Objectives

After participating in this activity, learners will be able to:
 
  1. Identify the barriers affecting appropriate diagnostic stewardship for urine testing and culturing in LTC settings.
  2. Apply a comprehensive toolkit to teach all clinical personnel and new hires in LTCs about diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship.
  3. Demonstrate effective collaboration within interdisciplinary teams in the LTC setting.
 
 
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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
11/06/2024
Course expires: 
11/06/2025
Event starts: 
11/20/2024 - 3:30pm EST
Event ends: 
11/20/2024 - 4:30pm EST
Member cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$50.00
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In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standard for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose all financial relationship(s) with any ineligible company within the prior 24 months for any amount. SHEA identifies and mitigates all conflict of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners. 
 

Speakers:

Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
*Research grant: Merck
 
Robin Jump, MD, PhD
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Planners:

Alison Galdys, MD
University of Minnesota 
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Hudson Garrett, PhD, MSN, MPH, MBA, FNP-BC, IP-BC, PLNC, CFER, AS-BC, VA-BC, BC-MSLcert™, NCEE, NREMT, MSL-BC, DICO-C, TR-C, CPPS, CCHR-S, CPHQ, CVAHP, CPXP, CDIPC, FACDONA, FAAPM, FNAP, FACHE, FSHEA, FIDSA
University of Louisville School of Medicine
*Speaker: Ansell
*Consultant: AHVAP; Aerobiotix
 
Justin Hayes, MD, MPH
University of Arizona College of Medicine
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
 

*All relevant financial relationships listed above have been mitigated

 
SHEA's 2024 LearningCE Program Committee assisted with the development of this program. You can view the 2024 LearningCE Program Committee Roster and Disclosures.

Accreditation Statements 

In support of improving patient care, The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIANS: 

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to Joint Accreditation for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
 
By submitting a claim for ABIM MOC, you hereby give SHEA permission to share individual physician participation information with ABIM through JA PARS.

NURSES:

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 CNE credit. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

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Cost:
$50.00
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