This educational initiative on topical bacitracin offers healthcare practitioners essential insights and resources for effectively utilizing this antibiotic in treating minor skin injuries such as cuts, scrapes, and burns. Bacitracin is a staple in professional settings and home first aid kits, available as a single-agent ointment and in a triple-therapy combination with neomycin and polymyxin B. The program outlines indications, mechanisms of action, safe administration practices, adverse effects, and contraindications, emphasizing proper patient education on the application and duration of treatment to optimize outcomes. Key elements of this initiative include the emphasis on monitoring patients for signs of allergic reactions and educating healthcare providers on making informed decisions to minimize adverse effects. This educational activity seeks to enhance healthcare providers’ capabilities in managing infections effectively treated with topical bacitracin, ultimately aiming to improve patient outcomes.
- Provider:StatPearls, LLC
- Activity Link: https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/18087
- Start Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- End Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.0 hours
Nursing: 1.0 hours
Pharmacy: 1.0 hours - MOC Credit Details: ABS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABS)
ABOS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABOS)
ABPATH - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABTS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABTS)
ABIM - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABS)
ABP - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP)
ABTS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABTS) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Variable
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Competence
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Ambulatory/Outpatient, Cardiothoracic, Dermatopathology, General Operative Anesthesia, General Orthopaedics, General Pediatrics, General Surgery, General Thoracic, Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases/Medical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Non-Thoracic Surgery, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Trauma