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Course # 9506 • Antibiotics Review

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Overview:

Choosing an antibacterial agent can be challenging, given the wide array of drugs available. Learning the important properties and uses of these drugs is made easier by the fact that they are grouped in classes based on their biochemical structure. Members of a drug class share characteristics such as clearance, mechanism of action, absorption, and side effects; knowing these shared properties makes it easier to choose the appropriate agent for a particular patient. In addition, it is easier to quickly grasp the strengths and weaknesses of a newly marketed antibiotic if you understand the general pharmacology of its class. A good grasp of the use of specific agents to target specific bacteria leads to improved clinical response to treatment and a decrease in the likelihood of the development of microbial resistance. This course is intended as an overview of the general characteristics of the major antibiotic classes, with a brief discussion of the individual agents and indications, giving greater perspective to the actions and characteristics of antibiotics. Due to the large number of antibiotics available, this course focuses on 8 major classes of antibiotics: the penicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides, quinolones, sulfonamides, and tetracyclines.

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Education Category: Pharmacology

Release Date: 02/01/2009

Expiration Date: 01/31/2012

Audience:

This course is designed for healthcare providers who prescribe and administer antibiotics to patients, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners.

Accreditations/Approvals:

CME Resource is approved to offer continuing education through the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Provider Number FNHAP-17. CME Resource is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. CME Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Resource is approved by the California Nursing Home Administrator Program as a provider of continuing education. Provider number 1622.

Designations of Credit:

CME Resource designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 5 ANCC contact hour(s). CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 5 pharmacology contact hours. CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 6 hours for Alabama nurses. This course is approved by the California Nursing Home Administrator Program for 5 hour(s) of continuing education credit - NHAP#1622005-7838/P. California NHAs may only obtain a maximum of 10 hours per course. This home study course is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators for 5 credit hour(s). AACN Synergy CERP Category A.

Individual State Nursing Accreditations:

Alabama Provider #ABNP0353, (Valid through December 12, 2013). California BRN Provider #CEP9784. California BVNPT Provider #V10662. Florida Provider #50-2405. Iowa Provider #295. A copy of the evaluation for this activity may be submitted directly to the Iowa Board of Nursing. Kentucky Provider #7-0054 through 12/31/2012. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Texas ANCC/Type I.

Special Approvals:

This activity is designed to comply with the requirements of California Assembly Bill 1195, Cultural and Linguistic Competency. This course meets the requirements for 5 hours of pharmacology continuing education for Pennsylvania CRNPs.

Course Objective:

The purpose of this course is to provide a review of the classes of antibiotics and their characteristics as well as an overview of the individual antibiotics that are currently available for use by the practitioner.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Describe the general characteristics of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.
Outline strategies to combat the development of microbial resistances.
Discuss the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and effects of penicillins.
Identify the available cephalosporins and their associated characteristics.
Describe the other beta-lactams, including the carbapenems and monobactams.
Discuss the characteristics of the aminoglycosides, macrolides, and telithromycin.
Outline the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and effects of the quinolones and the sulfonamides.
Describe the various tetracyclines.

Faculty:

Donna Coffman, MD, attended medical school at the University of Louisville and completed her residency in Family Practice at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She is board-certified in Family Medicine and currently on staff at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis.

Division Planner(s):

John V. Jurica, MD, MPH

Jane C. Norman, RN, MSN, CNE, PhD

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Donna Coffman, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planners Disclosure

The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

About the Sponsor

The purpose of CME Resource is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.

Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.

Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of CME Resource not to accept commercial support.

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