CRE and its implications for community practice

This eLearning Session is aimed to increase the familiarity of healthcare professionals with CRE – a very significant hospital pathogen which is also relevant to the community setting.

Learning Objectives :

• To increase appreciation of the new challenges posed by Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriales (CRE).
• To increase understanding of the modes of spread and prevention of CRE.
• To highlight the different risks between hospital and community environments.
• To highlight proper risk assessment of the accommodation requirements and management of CRE carriers in the community, especially in nursing homes.

Partner Organisation	Malta College of Pathologists
Peer Review	Malta College of Pathologists

 

Accreditation
	Medical Association of Malta as representative of UEMS	0.5 Credits
	Malta College of Family Doctors	0.5 Credits

On completion of this module you will be awarded 1 Point. Each point is equivalent to MCFD 0.5 CPD units / 0.5 European CME Credits (ECMEC’s).

Release Date:	February 2020
Accreditation Valid Until:	February 2021