CME from CDC: What You Need to Know About Infection Control

CME from CDC: What You Need to Know About Infection Control

Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections. It’s critical that all healthcare workers understand proper infection control procedures and use them every day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Medscape are launching a series of six CME/CE activities addressing the key issues surrounding infection prevention in healthcare facilities.

The series includes:

1. Risk Recognition in Healthcare Settings (Available Now)
2. May: Environmental Services and Infection Prevention
3. June: Recognizing Infection Risks in Medical Equipment
4. July: Infection Transmission Risks Associated with Nonsterile Glove Use
5. August: Infection Prevention: A Hierarchy of Controls Approach
6. September: Injection Safety: A System Approach

These CME-/CE- certified activities are available at: http://www.medscape.org/viewcollection/34044?src=acdmpart_cdc_34044. You must be a registered Medscape member to access these CME/CE activities, and registration is free. The first activity, Risk Recognition in Healthcare Settings is available now. A new activity will be added each month.

Announcing free CE & CME series on Infection Prevention and Control from @CDCgov & @Medscape. Watch the first one: bit.ly/InfCME1