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TARGET AUDIENCE:
This conference is intended for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. It is open to all.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Apply recommendations for appropriate blood volume collection for blood cultures.
2. Consider the importance of timing when interpreting CBC results.
3. Consider the evidence for and against using various serum markers for inflammation to predict neonatal sepsis.
4. Integrate multiple approaches to early-onset sepsis diagnostic workup and management in neonates >=35 weeks gestational age along with varied guidelines for antibiotic treatment duration for “rule out sepsis” (24 and 36 hours).
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
In support of improving patient care, Hawai‘i Pacific Health 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.
Hawai‘i Pacific Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s) ™ and for 1.5 contact hours for nurses.
This activity is assigned Universal Activity Number (UAN) 0587-0000-18-024-L04-P and is accredited for 1.5 hours for attendance at the entire CE session.
REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Please RSVP to Sheree Kuo at ShereeK@kapiolani.org or at (808) 983-8670.