• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  In a podcast style discussion, Mike Corvino, PharmD and Cole Swanson, PharmD examine the updated ACIP guidelines focusing on adult immunizations. In the last couple of years there have been newly approved immunizations for Covid-19 and pneumonia as well as updated recommendations regarding other vaccines.  Pharmacists and nurses are vital to ensuring a patient's immunizations are up to date. It is important that pharmacists and nurses understand how to recognize patients indicated for certain vaccines. This session seeks to explore these topics, focusing on how this information can best be incorporated into daily medical practice.

  Access the original podcast here

  Handouts

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recognize the dosing schedule and appropriate patient population for new immunizations.

  Identify newly approved immunizations.

  Identify high risk patients and their recommended immunizations.

  Recognize data supporting the use of certain immunizations over others in specific patients.

  Nurse

  Identify newly approved immunizations.

  Recognize the dosing schedule and appropriate patient population for new immunizations.

  Recognize data supporting the use of certain immunizations over others in specific patients.

  Identify high risk patients and their recommended immunizations.

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-927791

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-22-239-H06-P
  Nurse 0798-0000-22-239-H06-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Coleman  Swanson, PharmD, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist - Neurology, MUSC Specialty Pharmacy Department

  Michael  Corvino, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist, Fetter Health Care Network

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