ACCREDITATION INFORMATION

MAD-ID, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as the provider of continuing pharmacy education.

As an attendee of MAD-ID 2010, you will be able to earn up to 17.5 Continuing Education credit hours. At the conclusion of this activity, you should be able to:

1. Discuss ways in which antimicrobial stewardship initiatives impact the general public health
2. Present an administrative plan for maintaining and improving stewardship intervention, and list the cost drivers that justify the establishment of such programs
3. List ways in which pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic principles may be applied in optimizing therapy in individual patients and discuss challenges to their implementation
4. Discuss basic infection control processes and explain their inter-relationship with antimicrobial stewardship programs
5. Describe basic stewardship philosophies and processes and compare and contrast based upon advantages and disadvantages
6. Describe methods to objectively measure the impact of a stewardship program on both patient outcomes and health care costs
7. Provide a plan for ongoing cost justification of a stewardship program
8. Describe and contrast antimicrobial de-escalation and streamlining as methods to optimize therapy
9. State the board tenets of the recent MRSA treatment guidelines and discuss implications for everyday patient care
10. Describe epidemiologic and surveillance data for pandemic influenza A (atypical H1N1 or Swine Flu) and list and contrast prevention and treatment options
11. List the pharmacokinetic alterations expected with antimicrobials in patients with continuous renal replacement therapy, obesity, advanced age, and critical illness and propose methods to adapt dosing appropriately
12. Describe the pathophysiology of bacterial sepsis/shock and state current therapeutic inventions
13. Discuss the challenges posed by multiply drug resistant Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter and list the therapeutic options

All grievances regarding any aspect of a sponsored or cosponsored program should be brought to the attention of the Continuing Education Director, Ronald Nickel, PhD, ronald.nickel@gmail.com

CPE Credit will be awarded upon receipt of completed registration and evaluation forms. You should receive your CPE credit letter within four weeks of the program.