FREE LIVE CE for GSHP Members!
Webinar-
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 12:00pm-1:00 pm
2022 ISPD Peritonitis Guideline Updates
Presenter:
Hope Elrod, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
Learning Objectives for pharmacists:
- Describe the key updates in the 2022 ISPD guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of PD-associated peritonitis.
- Identify the recommended empiric antibiotic regimens for PD-associated peritonitis and discuss how to tailor therapy based on culture results and local antibiograms.
- Explain the updated definitions and classifications of peritonitis, including relapsing and refractory peritonitis.
- Discuss strategies to reduce the risk of peritonitis, including prophylactic measures such as exit-site care and antifungal prophylaxis.
- Evaluate the indications and timing for PD catheter removal in cases of refractory or fungal peritonitis.
Learning Objectives for pharmacy technicians
- Recognize the importance of intraperitoneal (IP) administration for antibiotics in PD-associated peritonitis.
- Prepare intraperitoneal antibiotic doses accurately based on pharmacist-provided instructions and patient-specific factors.
· List the steps in maintaining inventory and ensuring the availability of antibiotics and antifungal agents commonly used in PD peritonitis.
This is a knowledge based activity. This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who practice in any setting.
Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Participants of the session who complete the evaluation and provide accurate NABP e-Profile information will have their credit for 1.0 contact hours (0.10 CEU) submitted to CPE Monitor as early as 1 day after the event and no later than 60 days after the event. Please know that if accurate e-Profile information is not provided within 60 days of the event, credit cannot be claimed after that time. The participant is accountable for verifying the accurate posting of CE credit to their CPE Monitor account within 60 days. Participants must participate completely in the activity and complete the course evaluation in its entirety to claim continuing pharmacy education credit.
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This is a member service of GSHP. There is no charge for members to attend. Dues must be current to receive CE credit.
Non-members will be charged $20 for CE processing
To register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e2Zqf4UXRmyURSi4PdJ34Q
