December 2020
Webinar – Filling the Tank: An Update on Fluid Resuscitation in Pediatric Sepsis
Date: December 1, 2020 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT Description: This session will provide an update on pediatric sepsis fluid resuscitation based on the 2020 Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Guidelines. Case review will allow participants to identify important factors for bedside implementation of recommendations. Recent controversies in the literature and upcoming clinical trials will also be highlighted. Speakers: Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE Assistant Professor of Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania Mary Kate Abbadessa, MSN, ACCNS-P,…
Find out more »Sponsor Innovation Webinar – No Time To Waste: Early Sepsis Detection using Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW). Nursing Perspective on Novel Sepsis Biomarker
Date: December 3, 2020 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT Description: Presented by Beckman Coulter Sepsis is a prevalent, deadly, yet often elusive condition in the Emergency Departments world-wide. Diagnosing sepsis in patients presenting with mild and non-specific initial symptoms challenges both clinical gestalt and institutional protocols, as use of biomarkers for early sepsis detection has been controversial and their utilization varies widely across countries and institutions. In this session, Angela D. Craig, APN,…
Find out more »Sponsor Innovation Webinar – Electronic Information Exchange and the 21st Century Cures Act: Why it Matters to Frontline Clinicians
Date: December 8, 2020 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST Description: Presented by GE | Roche The electronic exchange of clinical information has helped doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers, and patients to access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically—improving the speed, quality, safety, coordination, and cost of patient care. During this live webinar, Senior Director of Interoperability at GE Healthcare Steven Nichols will take the audience though highlights of…
Find out more »Healthcare-Associated Infection Mini-Summit
Date: December 10, 2020 Time: 12:00 - 3:30 pm ET / 9:00 am - 12:30 pm PT Description: Despite attention and improvements, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a challenge to healthcare professionals. According to the CDC, one in every 31 patients has at least one HAI each day. The Healthcare-Associated Infection Mini-Summit will offer a 3-hour clinical program on several topics in the area of HAIs to provide current clinical knowledge and recommendations for infection prevention and treatment in order to improve clinical…
Find out more »Webinar – Antimicrobial Stewardship and Management of Sepsis: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2020 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT Description: Antimicrobial Stewardship (ASP) refers to the efforts aimed at enhancing judicious prescribing of unique therapeutic agents in the health care setting. Sepsis is a life threatening, complex clinical dilemma with regard to antimicrobial stewardship. Recent literature questioning the clinical impact of time to antimicrobials in sepsis highlights the relationship of sepsis and ASP. In the era of increasing antimicrobial resistance, there is a…
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