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Develop your professional skills and find extensive Continuing Education (CE) resources…
With our Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing, Wilkes University offers resources to professionals in many healthcare areas. In 2008 we will offer programs in the following areas:
MRSA: Management and Surveillance of an Emerging Bacterial Pathogen
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 – 6:00pm-8:00pm
Presenters
KarenBeth Bohan, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, Wilkes University
Kenneth Pidcock, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Wilkes University
Objectives
- Recognize laboratory tests used to identify Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA.
- Identify virulence factors contributing to invasive staphylococcal infection.
- Discuss the evolution of drug-resistant S. aureusDistinguish biological attributes of HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA used for surveillance to inform healthcare infection control. , including hospital-associated and community-associated MRSA.
- Identify patients at risk for MRSA infections.
- Describe the differences in the usual presentation of infections caused by Community-acquired vs. Healthcare-associated MRSA infections.
- Suggest appropriate management strategies for the treatment of MRSA infections.
- Discuss key behaviors that should be adopted to prevent the acquisition and spread of MRSA infections
CE Credits | Nurses (PASNA) 2 hrs | Pharmacists (ACPE) 2 hrs
Fee | $35
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