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This free program will offer an overview of the CDC’s sepsis Vital Signs report, a presentation on sepsis in acute care settings, septic shock guidelines for pediatrics and sepsis in post-acute and long-term care settings.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe infection control techniques that reduce the risk and spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
2. Identify unsafe practices that place patients at risk for HAIs
3. Describe best practices for infection control and prevention in daily practice in healthcare settings
4. Apply standards, guidelines, best practices and established processes related to safe and effective medication use

Presenters:
Abbigail Tumpey, MPH, CHES
CDC

Anthony Fiore, M.D., MPH
CDC

Mitchell Levy, M.D., MCCM, FCCP
Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Joseph Carcillo, M.D.
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Susan Levy, M.D., CMD
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

CE Opportunities:

CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring activity for a maximum of (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides (1) contact hours.