Skilled Nursing Facilities Series: Sepsis Prevention/Management and Antibiotic Stewardship
Activity description
This activity focuses on the early recognition, prevention and management of sepsis and septic shock in long-term care settings, guided by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis 2021. Participants will learn to identify sepsis using evidence-based screening tools, recognize the relationship between systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), infection, sepsis and septic shock and implement immediate interventions to prevent disease progression, with an emphasis on practical strategies for diagnostic workup, antibiotic selection, communication with families and primary care providers and contingency planning to ensure timely, appropriate care. Post-sepsis monitoring and education on long-term effects will also be addressed to optimize patient outcomes.
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurse practitioners, nurses, PAs, case managers, physicians, psychologists, social workers and other HCPs who care for older adults.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define sepsis and differentiate it from SIRS, infection and septic shock using current guidelines and screening tools.
- Discuss immediate interventions and diagnostic strategies for suspected sepsis in long-term care, including appropriate labs, imaging and antibiotic choices.
- Describe a comprehensive plan of care that aligns with patient goals, ensures right care at the right time and includes contingency planning and family education.
- Identify principles of post-sepsis monitoring and advanced care planning to address long-term effects and prevent future complications.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Senior Community Care – Optum Home and Community.
Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.
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Presenters
Karl M Dauphinais, MD, MSS, FACP, CMD
New England Medical Director
Optum Senior Community Care
Amanda DePriest, RN, CCM
Activity planners
Rebecca Gleason, RN
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
The activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Senior Community Care – Optum Home and Community. Optum Health Education 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 health care team.
Credit designation statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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