Consortium Ethics: Empowering Community Health Through Poison Center Resources_Enduring
This course will examine the core functions of a poison center and its impact on promoting safety and reducing avoidable healthcare utilization. It also outlines recommendations for safe medication storage, proper disposal, and key poison prevention practices across diverse populations. In addition, the presentation explores opportunities for the UPMC Health Plan to incorporate poison prevention strategies into member interactions, supporting safer home environments, reducing risk, and connecting individuals with essential poison center resources.
Target Audience
UPMC Health Plan Clinical staff, including nurses, nurse practitioners, and clinical staff
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:
- Describe the core functions of a poison center and its role in supporting community health and safety.
- Outline best practices for safe medication storage, proper disposal, and poison prevention across diverse populations.
- Identify opportunities to integrate poison prevention strategies into routine member interactions and care coordination.
Planning Committee:
Renee Greenwald, MS, NBC-HWC – Manager, Clinical Training & Quality Assurance at UPMC Health Plan
Course Directors:
- Dean Paradis, MSN, RN, CCM – Manager, Clinical Training & Quality Assurance at UPMC Health Plan
- Amanda Korenoski, PharmD, MHA, BCCCP - Director, Pittsburgh Poison Center; Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT
The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance
SPECIAL NOTE:
There is no educational content to this course, this is hosted on UPMC Learning website. This site is to administer the post-test, collect the evaluation and issue the credits and certificate for completing the course.
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