Opt-Out HIV Testing in Pregnancy

Program Description:

While the CDC recommends that all patients in all health care settings be tested for HIV, screening is especially critical in pregnant women because the overwhelming majority of pediatric HIV cases result from perinatal transmission. This case study will illustrate how early testing in pregnancy can set the stage for the most effective interventions to prevent transmission to the newborn, and will provide an outline of initial treatment strategies for the pregnant patient with HIV.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

Primary care physician assistants and nurse practitioners

Activity Objectives:

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

• Discuss the importance of opt-out HIV testing for pregnant women to prevent perinatal transmission


• Provide initial counseling and referrals for pregnant patients who test positive for HIV





Credits	Type	Accreditation Statement	Designation Statement
0.50	AAPA Category I CME Credit	This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs.	This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of .50 hours of AAPA Category I CME Credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.
0.50	CE for Nurses	NPACE is an approved provider of continuing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc. (MARN), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).	NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.50 contact hours of credit and 0.50 pharmacology credits. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty:

PROGRAM CHAIR Jason Leider, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY





PROGRAM FACULTY Julie Stewart, DNP, MPH, FNP-BC Assistant Professor Sacred Heart University Nursing Program Fairfield, CT




Disclosures:

Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of their educational activities. All faculty participating in our programs are expected to disclose any relationships they may have with commercial companies whose products or services may be mentioned so that the participants may evaluate the objectivity of the presentations. In addition, any discussion of off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices will be disclosed by faculty.

Faculty
Jason Leider, MD, PhD (Chair) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Julie Stewart, DNP, MPH, FNP-BC, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Publishing Staff
Susan Basilico, Marjorie Hale, and Krista Sierra, Haymarket Medical Education, have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of approved and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Abbott Laboratories, Gilead Sciences, Janssen Therapeutics, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE), and Haymarket Medical Education do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of Abbott Laboratories, Gilead Sciences, Janssen Therapeutics, the AAPA, NPACE, and Haymarket Medical Education. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

This program is sponsored by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE).


                 

Supported by educational grants from Abbott Laboratories, Gilead Sciences, and Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP.

             

Produced by Haymarket Medical Education.






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Instructions:

To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better is required. This CME/CE is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.

MACINTOSH^® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20 MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.