Alternative Approach to Early Onset Sepsis

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ONLINECMECNERx

Instructions

Monday, July 6, 2020, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 11:59 PM, Online


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hour(s) (1.00 hours), Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.00 hours), Pharmacotherapeutics (1.00 hours)

The purpose of this educational activity is to enhance clinician knowledge in the ever-changing area of complications associated with Neonatology as well as promising new techniques and interventions for improving outcomes in this arena. This presentation will address the management of neonates born at less than ( or equal to) 34 6/7 weeks’ gestation with suspected or proven early-onset bacterial sepsis including the use of serial serum C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels to determine if treatment with antibiotics is clinically indicated.

1. Demonstrate improved clinical judgement for the use of antibiotics in the premature infant.
2. Discuss the potential benefits of using serial serum C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels for the diagnosis of neonatal infection.

1. Demonstrate improved clinical judgement for the use of antibiotics in the premature infant.
2. Discuss the potential benefits of using serial serum C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels for the diagnosis of neonatal infection.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (#PO258)

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 nursing contact hour(s). Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 pharmacotherapeutics contact hour(s).

There is no commercial support for this educational activity.

Please note: the content of this educational activity was originally presented at a live conference (NEO: The Conference for Neonatology) on February 21, 2020, which was supported in part, through restricted medical education grants from Mead Johnson Nutrition, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, and Abbott Nutrition.