Transfusion Transmitted Dengue
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
12 noon – 1pm
6 Founders Conference Room
Elizabeth Azzato, MD, PhD, MPH
CP Resident
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
This program has been designed for residents, fellows and attending in pathology and laboratory medicine.
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
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Discuss specific disease mechanism
– Dengue fever: overview of virus, vector, epidemiology, clinical manifestations
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Evaluate or propose use of new tests/assays
– Discussion of clinical and experimental tests for dengue, including FDA-approved testing for clinical dengue and experimental assays for testing blood products
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Assess and critically analyze medical and clinical pathology literature
– Overview of the literature regarding risk of transfusion transmitted dengue, including evaluation of dengue viremia in the blood donor population
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Ongoing studies from the American Red Cross, which our hospital has been asked to participate in
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit
™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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For more information, please contact
Nichole Howard
215-662-3436
LabMedAA@uphs.upenn.edu

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The intent of this policy is not to prevent expert faculty with relevant relationship(s) with commercial interest(s) from involvement in CME, but rather to ensure that Penn CME-certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and free of commercial bias. Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure information provided to the Penn Office of CME was found to contain relationships that created a conflict of interest relative to the topic of their presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically rigorous and evidence-based presentations.
The staff in the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the peer reviewer(s) Zalman Agus, MD, Associate Dean for CME , have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.
The following individuals have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:
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G RANT N YBAKKEN , MD, P H D
L AUREL G LASER , MD, P H D
I RVING N ACHAMKIN , D R PH.MPH
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E LIZABETH AZZATO , MD , PHD , MPH
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