Diagnostic stewardship and testing for infectious diseases

Description

When considering testing for respiratory diseases, there are multiple guidelines to determine who should be tested and for which disease. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has guidelines for influenza testing, COVID-19 testing, and community-acquired pneumonia. By understanding the guidelines, one can run the necessary tests to have the best medical impact.

Diagnostic stewardship involves using the right test at the right time for the right patient. This webinar will discuss guidelines and factors to improve the test ordering of infectious diseases and other conditions.

Target audience

This activity is designed for physicians, lab supervisors, lab directors (and/or assistant directors), lab managers (supervisory and/or non-supervisory), medical technologists, and point-of-care coordinators.

Learning objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Define the principles of diagnostic stewardship and its relationship to antibiotic stewardship
• Describe the importance of designing the electronic health record to improve test ordering for infectious diseases
• Recognize the role of Gateway-based restrictions as an effective and promising approach to scaling diagnostic stewardship

Faculty

Robert Gaynes, MD
Professor Emeritus
Emory University School of Medicine
Consultant
Robert Gaynes Consulting LLC
Atlanta, GA

Disclosures and statement of independence

The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) is dedicated to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. All participating planning committee members and faculty are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. The intent of this disclosure is to provide participants with information on which they can make their own judgments.

The following faculty reported financial relationships:

• Robert Gaynes, MD
  • Honorarium: Abbott Labs
  • Consulting Fees: Abbott Labs
  • Stocks and/or Bonds: Leviant
  • Salary: Leviant

Content validity

All recommendations involving clinical medicine are based on evidence accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients; AND/OR all scientific research referred to or reported in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.

Accreditation statement

This activity is approved for 1.0 ACCENT® continuing education credits. Activity ID #4405. This activity was planned in accordance with ACCENT® Standards and Policies.

Successful completion statement

Verification of Participation certificates are provided to registered participants based on completion of the activity, in its entirety, and the activity evaluation. For questions regarding continuing education, please email [email protected].