Target Audience and Goal Statement
This activity is intended for surgeons, infectious disease specialists, hospitalists, intensivists, emergency medicine physicians,
and nurses/nurse practitioners.
The goal of this activity is to highlight best practices for prevention of surgical-site infections as a strategy for improving
outcomes in surgical patients.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify the need to control physiologic factors that contribute to surgical-site infections (SSI)
- Evaluate new data on skin antisepsis and nasal decontamination as strategies for preventing SSI
- Recognize strategies for overcoming barriers to implementing SSI prevention recommendations
Disclosures
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of
an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant
financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial
relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
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.
Moderator
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E. Patchen Dellinger, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Chief, Division of General Surgery,
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Disclosures
Disclosure: E. Patchen Dellinger, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Merck & Co., Inc.; Baxter International Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.; Targanta Therapeutics; Schering-Plough Corporation; Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cadence Pharmaceuticals; Cardinal
Health; BD GeneOhm; Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses; Benton-Franklin County Medical Society; WebEx; The Ohio
State University; Central Mississippi Medical Center; Kootenai Medical Center; Cerebrio; St. Joseph Hospital-Bellingham; Medscape,
LLC; Skagit Valley Hospital; Tyco International, Ltd.
Received grants for clinical research from: Merck & Co., Inc.; Baxter International Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.; Targanta Therapeutics; Schering-Plough Corporation; Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cadence Pharmaceuticals; Cardinal
Health; BD GeneOhm; Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses; Benton-Franklin County Medical Society; WebEx; The Ohio
State University; Central Mississippi Medical Center; Kootenai Medical Center; Cerebrio; St. Joseph Hospital-Bellingham; Medscape,
LLC; Skagit Valley Hospital; Tyco International, Ltd.
Lectured for honoraria for: Merck & Co., Inc.; Baxter International Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Targanta
Therapeutics; Schering-Plough Corporation; Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cadence Pharmaceuticals; Cardinal Health; BD GeneOhm;
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses; Benton-Franklin County Medical Society; WebEx; The Ohio State University;
Central Mississippi Medical Center; Kootenai Medical Center; Cerebrio; St. Joseph Hospital-Bellingham; Medscape, LLC; Skagit
Valley Hospital; Tyco International, Ltd.
Dr. Dellinger 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. Dellinger does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved
by the FDA for use in the United States.
Panelists
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Steven Gordon, MD
Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Disclosures
Disclosure: Steven Gordon, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Thoratec Corporation
*Dr. Gordon 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. Gordon does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by
the FDA for use in the United States.
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Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc
Professor and former Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Disclosures
Disclosure: Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: sanofi-aventis; 3M Pharmaceuticals; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; bioMérieux sa
Received grants for clinical research from: Vestegen
*Dr. Wenzel 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. Wenzel does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by
the FDA for use in the United States.
Editor / Nurse Planner
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Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD
Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, Scientific Director, Medscape, LLC
Disclosures
Disclosure: Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
CME Reviewer
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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
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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 0.5
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
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on Accreditation.
Awarded 0.5 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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