Training purpose selection is required.
Training plan selection is required.
Participants who complete this course will receive 1 PACE Contact Hour.
bioMérieux Inc. is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program
Instructions:
This course is divided into three sections, which must be completed in sequence.
- Course Content
- Knowledge Assessment with a passing score of 80%
- Course evaluation (Survey)
Overview:
Antibiotic resistant microorganisms are not just a big city problem. Not only are we seeing increases in antibiotic resistance rates but we are encountering organisms expressing many varied types of resistance mechanisms. It has become increasingly difficult for the clinical microbiologist to be able to distinguish all of these emerging resistance profiles. The clinical microbiologist is also under pressure to deliver timely and accurate results that are needed to treat the patients in our institutions. The effective use of expert systems found in automated identification/susceptibility testing systems, coupled with rapid reporting strategies can have a major impact on the way clinical microbiology laboratories affect patient care.
Objectives:
At the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Discuss current resistance mechanisms found among bacteria that are plaguing US hospitals
- Describe the use of phenotypic antimicrobial profiles to aid in the determination of antibiotic resistance in clinical bacterial isolates
- Explain the role of autoposting ID/AST results in achieving the goal of rapid results reporting
- Identify the use of Expert Systems as an aid in the clinical management of patients
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
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