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CME/CE

Roadmap for HAI Prevention Research: Bench to Bedside and Back

  • Authors: Robert A. Weinstein, MD; Russell N. Olmsted, MPH; Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE; John A. Jernigan, MD, MS
  • CME/CE Released: 4/9/2010; Reviewed and Renewed: 4/8/2011
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 4/8/2012
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for hospitalists, intensivists, emergency department physicians, surgeons, infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists, preventionists, nurses, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants.

The goal of this activity is to improve clinical decision making among clinicians caring for patients in acute care and extended care settings by highlighting hospital-acquired infection prevention measures with a solid evidence base.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify areas of research in the area of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) that led to important clinical advances in the last decade
  2. Explain how the findings of current HAI research initiatives will potentially impact clinical practice
  3. Recognize important clinical questions that are currently not being sufficiently investigated


Disclosures

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Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.


Author(s)

  • Robert A. Weinstein, MD

    Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Chairman, Department of Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Robert A. Weinstein, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
    Served as an advisor or consultant for: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Dr. Weinstein does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States.
    Dr. Weinstein does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the FDA for use in the United States.

  • Russell N. Olmsted, MPH

    Epidemiologist, Infection Prevention & Control Services, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
    Served as an advisor or consultant for: Mintie Technologies, Inc.; Premier, Inc.; Arizant Healthcare Inc.; Trademark Medicine
    Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: CareFusion; Baxter Healthcare Corporation
    Received grants for clinical research from: Ecolab; Mintie Technologies, Inc.; VA Medical Center Research and Development Service
    Serves as president for: Applied Epidemiology Solutions, Inc.
    Mr. Olmsted does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States.
    Mr. Olmsted does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics no approved by the FDA for use in the United States.

  • Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE

    Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
    Received grants for clinical research from: Merck & Co. Inc.; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Dr. Lautenbach does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States.
    Dr. Lautenbach does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the FDA for use in the United States.

  • John A. Jernigan, MD, MS

    Chief, Interventions and Evaluation Section, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: John A. Jernigan, MD, MS, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
    Dr. Jernigan does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States.
    Dr. Jernigan does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the FDA for use in the United States.

Editor(s)

  • Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD

    Scientific Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Nurse Planner

  • Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD

    Scientific Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME Reviewer(s)

  • Laurie E. Scudder, MS, NP

    Accreditation Coordinator, Continuing Professional Education Department, Medscape, LLC; Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Allied Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Nurse Practitioner, School-Based Health Centers, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, Maryland

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Laurie E. Scudder, MS, NP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Accreditation Statements

    For Physicians

  • Medscape, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Medscape, LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Medscape, LLC staff have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships.

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    For Nurses

  • Medscape, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

    Awarded 0.75 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; none of these credits is in the area of pharmacology.

    Accreditation of this program does not imply endorsement by either Medscape, LLC or ANCC.

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CME/CE

Roadmap for HAI Prevention Research: Bench to Bedside and Back

Authors: Robert A. Weinstein, MD; Russell N. Olmsted, MPH; Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE; John A. Jernigan, MD, MSFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME/CE Released: 4/9/2010; Reviewed and Renewed: 4/8/2011

Valid for credit through: 4/8/2012

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Editor's Note:

This activity was developed in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and was taped at the SHEA Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010; held in Atlanta, Georgia; March 18-22, 2010.

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