Infection Control for Physicians

CME Certificate Fee: $25.00 per credit (hour)

2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
Estimated time to complete this activity: 2.00 hours

Lead Author(s): Stephen Klotz, MD
The author(s)/contributor(s) state that they do not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.
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Meets Special CME Requirements in: Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Learn More >>

Course Learning Objectives:

Apply scientific principles and practices of infection control and oversee medical and ancillary personnel for whom you are responsible.
Use appropriate techniques to reduce the opportunity for patient and healthcare worker exposure to potentially infectious material in all healthcare settings.
Respond to potential infectious exposures and disease outbreaks that occur in healthcare settings.

Learning Format: Case-based, interactive online course, including mandatory assessment questions (number of questions varies by course or module). Please also read the Technical Requirements.

CME Sponsor: University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center
Credit Designation and Accreditation Statements >>

Current Approval Period: January 27, 2012 - January 26, 2014

Original Release Date: January 27, 2010

Most Recent Review by Author: January 27, 2012

Most Recent Review by CME Sponsor: January 27, 2012

Financial Support Received: None

Infection Control for Physicians

2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM

Current Approval Period: January 27, 2012 - January 26, 2014

Financial Support Received: None

ACCME/AMA PRA Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center and Medical Directions, Inc. The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors of this program and are in no way to be considered comments or opinions of The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

Approval for CME credit by The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center should not be construed as endorsement of any product.

Any author disclosures regarding commercial relationships are listed in the author's biography.

University of Arizona CME Office Contact Information and CME Disclosure

University of Arizona College of Medicine
Office of Continuing Medical Education
520-626-7832
uofacme@email.arizona.edu

The following CME Office Reviewer states that neither he nor any immediate family members have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest with the proposed activity:

John M. Harris Jr., MD, MBA

Infection Control for Physicians

About the Author, Reviewer, and Editor

Author

Stephen A. Klotz, MD is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Fellowship Program, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona School of Medicine and the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona. He is the Director of the Special Immunology Program (HIV) at the university. He maintains an active laboratory studying the molecular interactions of Candida albicans with human proteins and cells.

Disclosure: Dr. Klotz states that he does not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

Reviewer

Mary Bevan, RN, MS, CIC is an Infection Preventionist at Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and Academic Center for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. She has been an Infection Control practitioner since 2001 and has been certified in Infection Control since 2003. Ms. Bevan has presented several abstracts on Infection Control and Prevention topics at national conferences.

Disclosure: Ms. Bevan states that she does not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

Editor

John Harris Jr., MD, MBA is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine of the University of Arizona. He is the President of Medical Directions, Inc. Dr. Harris has served as the Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded studies of online CME. He is the Senior Editor of The Virtual Lecture Hall's online CME programs and the author of a number of professional papers dealing with online CME.

Disclosure: Dr. Harris states that he does not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

Infection Control for Physicians

Ratings (765 responses)


How would you rate this program overall? Average Rating: 4.47/5.00

How well were the learning objectives of this program met? Average Rating: 4.54/5.00

How relevant was the information in this program to your clinical practice? Average Rating: 4.27/5.00

Likelihood you will make a change in practice behavior based on your participation in this activity. Average Rating: 4.00/5.00

User Comments


by DR JACK CARLETON \| May 11, 2013 since influenza vaccine was not very effective this year it is going to be hard to convince patients with low risk to take the vaccination next year

by roy cragway \| Feb 24, 2013 excellent

by Peter Bliss \| Nov 13, 2012 Never saw thrush photo was there one??

by john shelton \| May 25, 2012 I particularly like the links to CDC references

by david bernard \| May 16, 2012 Excellent course. Should emphasize hand-washing a bit more

by RITA NYAME \| Apr 23, 2012 EXCELLENT

Infection Control for Physicians

This course meets general AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit(s)^TM requirements in states that have a CME requirement.

Based on information from state licensing authorities, this program meets special CME requirements in these states:

	Connecticut Risk Management
	New York Infection Control This course meets the New York infection control and barrier precautions requirement, as it addresses the six core elements jointly approved by the NY State Education Department and Department of Health. (NY DOH-Approved Infection Control Training Provider Number: TP020-40 - Medical Directions, Inc .)
	Pennsylvania Risk Management / Patient Safety
	Rhode Island Universal Precautions
	Rhode Island Infection Control / Modes of Transmission

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Infection Control for Physicians

Technical Requirements

This web-based activity is offered online and requires a connection to the Internet. The activity works on a PC or Macintosh computer with the browsers Internet Explorer 7.0 and up, Firefox 2.0, AOL 9.x and up, and Safari 2.x and up. JavaScript should be enabled in all browsers, and Popups and first party cookies need to be accepted from www.VLH.com. You should also have the latest, free Adobe Reader installed for reading documents. (AOL dial-up modem users may experience lengthy delays downloading PDF files.)

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