Infection Control (Patient Safety)
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Course Description
Member price: $5.00, Non-member price: $10.00
This case-based CME program educates through the presentation of patient safety scenarios, and is available exclusively online. Patient safety is a component of the ABA’s MOCA® requirements.
Learning Objectives:
- Articulate clinical practice modifications to unsafe injection practices that anesthesia providers may employ to minimize the potential for patient-to-patient transmission of blood-borne pathogens.
- Apply the safe injection practice guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the practice of anesthesiology.
Faculty & Credentials:
Richard A. Beers, M.D., and Elliott Greene, M.D.
Core Competencies:
Patient care or patient-centered careTarget Audience:
Anesthesiologists
CME Credit:
0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Method:
Listen to the audio or read the article and take the CME exam.
Required Hardware / Software:
Internet connection with audio, Adobe Acrobat Reader.