Pulse: Ready, Set, Vaccinate! RSV Vaccine for Older Adults: Clinical Practice Update_enduring
New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.
RSV is a highly contagious virus causing acute respiratory infection, lower respiratory tract disease, clinical complications, and death in older adults. This presentation will increase disease awareness and allow pharmacist to differentiate between the different vaccines available (pertaining to older adults).
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Learning Objectives
1. To identify risk factors predisposing older adults to RSV
2. To discuss the RSV vaccines currently available on the market
3. To select the appropriate vaccine given a patient case
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New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.
RSV is a highly contagious virus causing acute respiratory infection, lower respiratory tract disease, clinical complications, and death in older adults. This presentation will increase disease awareness and allow pharmacist to differentiate between the different vaccines available (pertaining to older adults).
Cindy Van, PharmD
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.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.