Conducting a TB Risk Assessment and Implementing an Exposure Control Plan in Healthcare Settings

December 9, 2021

The webinar will examine and discuss the CDC’s 2019 TB risk assessment plan for healthcare personnel and the 2020 supplemental publication. It will also review how to implement and manage an exposure control plan with strategies on restructuring your exposure control plan because of events like COVID-19, and how to engage appropriate stakeholders. Lastly, this webinar will explore implementing various TB diagnostic tests into risk assessment and exposure plans. This webinar will include real world TB risk and outbreak examples.

If you missed our first TB webinar, The Basics of Tuberculosis in the Era of COVID-19, you can watch it on-demand and claim credit at the link provided.

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Target Audience

Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, infection preventionists, healthcare epidemiologists, quality program leaders, occupational health providers

Learning Objectives

  1. Review tuberculosis transmission and the epidemiological trends in tuberculosis both nationally and internationally
  2. Understand TB transmssion networks in healthcare and non healthcare settings: risk assessment tools
  3. Develop partnerships with facility occupational health, county and state health departments, TB regional centers
  4. Compare and contrast the 2005 and current 2019 TB screening guidelines for Healthcare Personnel in the US

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
10/18/2021
Course expires: 
12/31/2021
Event starts: 
12/09/2021 - 4:00pm EST
Event ends: 
12/09/2021 - 5:00pm EST
Member cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$50.00
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Speakers

Trini Mathew, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
HealthTAMCycle3 PLLC
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Dr. Mathew has no relevant financial relationships to disclose

Aakriti Pandita, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Dr. Pandita has no relevant financial relationships to disclose


Planners

Bhagyashri Navalkele, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dr. Navalkele has no relevant financial relationships to disclose

Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Simonsen has no relevant financial relationships to disclose

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC 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. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

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Cost:
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