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Rethinking Current Practices to Meet the Challenges of Clostridium difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections

Please join us for a CME/CPE Satellite Symposium following IDWeek™ 2016

Thursday, October 27, 2016 5:30 – 6:00 PM Registration & Dinner 6:00 – 8:00 PM Educational Program

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA Meeting Room: 293-296, Hall J, Second Floor

Supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co.

Jointly provided by Center for Independent Healthcare Education and Vemco MedEd

Rethinking Current Practices to Meet the Challenges of Clostridium difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections

Erik R. Dubberke MD, MSPH, FSHEA

Associate Professor of MedicineDirector, Section of Transplant Infectious DiseasesWashington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO

Thomas M. File Jr. MD, MS, MACP, FIDSA, FCCP

Chair, Infectious Disease Division Summa Health System Akron, OH

Professor, Internal Medicine Master Teacher Chair, Infectious Disease Section Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH

George G. Zhanel PharmD, PhD, FCCP

Professor Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases College of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Manitoba

Director, Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) Winnipeg, Canada

Accreditation Physicians

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Center for Independent Healthcare Education (Center) and Vemco MedEd. Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists Center for Independent Healthcare Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a

provider for continuing pharmacy education. Center has assigned 2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credits for participating in this activity.

ACPE UAN: 0473-9999-16-007-L01-P Activity type: Application-based

Disclosures of Conflict of InterestCenter for Independent Healthcare Education and Vemco MedEd require faculty, planners, and others who are in a position to control the content of continuing education activities to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the activity. All identified conflicts of interest are reviewed and resolved to ensure fair balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all activities. The faculty is further required to disclose discussion of off-label uses in their presentations.

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Learning ObjectivesUpon completing this activity, participants will be able to:

• Appraise how the evolving epidemiology of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative infections and C. difficile infections impact the decision-making process in the clinical setting

• Utilize the latest evidence-based strategies for the management of serious bacterial infections based on patient and pathogen factors

• Evaluate the role of newer therapeutic approaches when managing serious infections caused by MDR Gram-negative bacteria and C. difficile

Target AudienceThis continuing medical education activity is planned to meet the need of healthcare providers in a variety of practice settings, including large and small health systems, outpatient clinics, managed-care organizations, long-term care facilities, and academia. This activity would be especially beneficial for ID physicians and pharmacists who are on the frontline of managing patients with serious bacterial infections.

Educational OverviewSerious bacterial infections place a substantial clinical and economic burden on healthcare systems. The rising prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens (such as ESBL-producing and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and MDR P. aeruginosa) as well as the spread of a hypervirulent strain of C. difficile has seriously challenged clinicians. As the CDC has included these pathogens on their list of serious healthcare threats in the US, clinicians must be aware of the latest approaches to minimize the burden of these infections. Optimal management will involve multiple disciplines responsible for the care of at-risk patients, including ID physicians, infection control practitioners, hospital epidemiologists, intensivists, clinical microbiologists, clinical pharmacists, and nurses.

This program will review the latest evidence demonstrating how treatment selection should be guided by patient and pathogen risk factors predictive of poor clinical outcomes. The program will also highlight the role of the latest treatment approaches, including the use of newly-approved beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations for MDR Gram-negative infections, and novel approaches for C. difficile infection.

6:00 – 6:05 PM Welcome and Introduction

George G. Zhanel, PharmD, PhD

6:05 – 6:40 PM Applying the Latest Approaches in the Management of C. difficile

Infection and Recurrence Case Series Workshop:

From Principle to Practice Erik R. Dubberke, MD

6:40 – 7:15 PM Understanding the Current

Landscape of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections

Case Series Workshop: From Principle to Practice

George G. Zhanel, PharmD, PhD

7:15 – 7:50 PM Therapeutic Principles to Address the Challenges of

MDR Gram-Negative Infections Case Series Workshop:

From Principle to Practice Thomas M. File, Jr. MD

7:50 – 8:00 PM Open Forum with Q and A

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There is no fee to attend this continuing education activity.

Arrangements for Special Assistance Vemco MedEd and Center for Independent Healthcare Education fully comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Please submit a written request at least 5 days prior to the meeting, and we will be glad to assist you with any special needs required to make this program accessible to you. Please email your request to IDFocus@vemcomeded.com.

AGENDAThursday, October 27, 2016

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Meeting Room: 293-296

Registration and Dinner: 5:30 – 6:00 PM Educational Program: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

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