Josep Maria Miró
AIDS and HIV infection Specialist Physician
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
14 Sep 2018
The Challenge of MDR and XDR Infections International Workshop 2018
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Infectious Diseases
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On-site
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English
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Casa Convalescència, Barcelona
Registration
Status
Activity finished
Price
Free
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Information
The workshop on targeted healthcare professionals specialized in internal medicine or infectious diseases, specialists
in emergency and intensive care units, professionals involved in antibiotic prescription and stewardship programs as well as microbiology specialists and researchers. It aimed at providing a comprehensive overview on the epidemiology of multidrug resistant microorganisms, focusing on how to manage MRSA infections, VRE infections, multidrug and extremely drug-resistant gram-negative bacilli, Clostridium difficile and the role of microbiome.
The increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria is a growing problem and threatens the sustainability of an effective public health response to prevent and treat infectious diseases.
Large amounts of antibiotics are commonly used for human therapy, farm animals and even fish in aquaculture or plants. However, not only the volume of antimicrobials used drive the resistance but also the spread of pathogenic bacteria resistant to multiple drugs.
The rapid emerging resistant bacteria poses a major healthcare and it is currently one of the main public health problems. In 2015, the World Health Organization adopted a global action plan on antimicrobial resistance with the goal of ensuring treatment and prevention of infectious diseases with quality-assured, safe and effective medicines.
Coordinators
Accreditation
“The The challenge MDR and XDR infections workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 14/09/2018 14/09/2018 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 6 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”
“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
“Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.”
