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Virtual 1-Day Symposium: “Decreasing the Incidence of Surgical Site Infection: The Patient Journey”

3M Health Care*, Medical Solutions Division, and North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC, an HMP Global Company, present a free, virtual, 1-day Symposium…”Decreasing the Incidence of Surgical Site Infection: The Patient Journey”

After participating in this symposium, participants should be able to:

  • Examine the latest trends that are shaping healthcare today and the overall focus on health care quality outcomes
  • Recognize the health and economic impact of surgical site infections
  • Explain the process for assessing patient populations at risk for surgical site compromise and identify risk reduction
    strategies
  • Investigate the importance of maintaining perioperative normothermia as a component of global standard surgical
    care and the prevention of surgical complications
  • Explore the role of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy for incision and surrounding soft tissue management
    to help reduce the risk of surgical site complications, hospital readmissions & post-op follow-up appointments

Presenters:

Vedra Augenstein, M.D., FACS  |  Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery  |  Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery  |  Atrium Health  |  Carolinas HealthCare System

H. John Cooper, M.D.  |  Assoc. Professor of Orthopedic Surgery  |  Division of Hip & Knee Reconstruction  |  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS  |  Assoc. Professor of Surgery  |  Loma Linda University Medical Center  |  Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center

Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS  |  Professor, Dept. of Plastic & Orthopedic Surgery  |  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Director

Richard C. Prielipp, M.D., MBA, FCCM  |  Professor of Anesthesiology  |  Univ of Minnesota  |  Executive Section Editor, Patient Safety, Anesthesia & Analgesia  |  University of Minnesota

David M. Shapiro, M.D., CHC, CHCQM, CHPRM, LHRM, CASC  |  Anesthesiologist  |  Red Hills Surgical Center

Devinder  Singh, M.D.  |  CHief & Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery  |  University of Miami and Jackson Health Systems  |  Clinical Professor of Surgery (Interim)  |  University of Miami School of Medicine

Casey Thomas, DO, FACS, FACOS  |  Chief Medical Officer  |  The Surgicalist Group

Target AUdience:  Physicians and Nurses in plastic surgery, orthpedics, general surgery and pofdiatry

Continuing Education: In support of improving patient care, NACCME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Podaitry: NACCME is approved by the council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. NACCME has approved this activity for a maximum of 7.00 continuing education contact hours.

Supported by an educational grant from 3M Health Care*, Medical Solutions Division

Release date: April 30, 2021

Expiration date:  April 30, 2022

Estimated time to complete: 7 hours

* NOTE: This is a supplier and/or industry resource-sponsored webinar. HealthTrust has not approved and/or endorsed the content. This program may contain the mention of products, services, drugs or brands presented in a case study or comparative format. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as a HealthTrust endorsement of any particular supplier, product, service, drug, brand or approach.

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