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• Define the concept of antimicrobial stewardship and its importance in critical care
• Discuss strategies to promote appropriate antimicrobial use, including de-escalation, duration optimization and avoiding unnecessary broad-spectrum agents
• Explore successful stewardship interventions
• Develop treatment algorithms for specific resistant pathogens
• Address challenges related to antibiotic allergies and adverse effects
• Evaluate patient-specific factors (e.g., severity of illness, risk factors) influencing empiric antibiotic selection
• Construct evidence-based empiric regimens for suspected infections based on site of infection
• Understand the role of diagnostic tests in refining therapy

This online activity will improve knowledge and competence for critical care practitioners to effectively manage complex infections, especially those caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and anaerobic pathogens.

Physicians:

Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

The ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

Nurses: The Navigating Infections in Critical Care: Evidence-Based Approaches to Antimicrobial Use activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 5.5 contact hours.  

Pharmacists: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This enduring educational activity provides up to 5.5 contact hours of continuing education credit.  

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SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE. 

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 5.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. 

To provide due process in the evaluation and mediation of grievances concerning ACE activities, this Grievance Procedures Policy was developed. Grievances may concern, but are not limited to, the awarding of credit for individual participation and/or registration fees issues.

• A written complaint or grievance should be submitted to the Education Department.
• The Education Department will attempt to resolve the grievance of the complainant.
• If the initial response is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the CEO/EVP for action.
• If the response from the CEO/EVP is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the SCCM EC. The ruling of the EC will be final.

Disclosures 

The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been mitigated through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content. 
 
Planners: 

Teresa (TJ) Boron, MSN, RN

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Dawn Herman, BSN, MBA

Society of Critical Care Medicine 

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA 

No relevant financial relationships to disclose 

Faculty;

Lauren Andrews, PharmD, BCCCP

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Philip Barie, MBA, MD, MCCM

Weill Medical College and Graduate School

New York, New York, USA

Consultant: AKPA America, Allergan, Portola, Tetraphase

Kelly Cawcutt, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FCCM

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

William Dager, BCPS, PharmD, MCCM

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Christy Forehand, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Bhavita Gaglani, MD

Wake Forest University Hospital

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sameer Kadri, MD, MS

NIH Clinical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Michael Klompas, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Royalties – UpToDate

Kirstin Kooda, PharmD, BCCCP, BCIDP

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Speaker & Advisory Panel: Becton Dickinson

Anand Kumar, MD, FCCM

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Bliss Masiarczyk, PharmD

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Ryan Maves, MD, FCCM

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 

Research Support: AiCuris, Sound Pharmaceuticals, Genovax; Advisory Panel: Shionogi, Inc

Sunish Shah, PharmD, BCIDP

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Melissa Thompson Bastin PharmD, PhD, BCCCP, FCCM, FCCP

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Speakers Bureau: Baxter Healthcare; Advisory Board: Lediant Biosciences; Research Funding: ASHP Foundation University Hospital Foundation