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Professor of Pathology and Pharmacology; Director of Special Chemistry, Endocrinology, and Immunoserology; Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
This activity is intended for cardiologists, ED physicians, primary care physicians, nurses and all clinicians interested in recognizing and reducing causes of lab error interference.
The goal of this activity is to increase awareness of causes of lab testing interference and strategies to prevent testing errors.
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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.
Professor of Pathology and Pharmacology; Director of Special Chemistry, Endocrinology, and Immunoserology; Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Awarded 0.50 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; 0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.
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CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 3/13/2017; Reviewed and Renewed: 4/18/2018
Valid for credit through: 4/18/2019, 11:59 PM EST
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Editor’s Note: Since this activity was recorded, there has been a content update.The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to the fifth-generation Troponin T STAT assay. This is the first high-sensitivity troponin assay approved for use in the United States.
