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ForwardSponsor Innovation Webinar: No Time To Waste: Early Sepsis Detection using Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW). Nursing Perspective on Novel Sepsis Biomarker
Webinar Description:
Presented by Beckman Coulter
Sepsis is a prevalent, deadly, yet often elusive condition in the Emergency Departments world-wide. Diagnosing sepsis in patients presenting with mild and non-specific initial symptoms challenges both clinical gestalt and institutional protocols, as use of biomarkers for early sepsis detection has been controversial and their utilization varies widely across countries and institutions. In this session, Angela D. Craig, APN, M.S., CCNS from Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Dustin Pierce, RN, BSN, CPHQ from University of Kansas Hospital will introduce and discuss a novel hematologic parameter, Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW), recently cleared in US for sepsis detection in Emergency Department. They will review current clinical evidence for MDW based on results of two large multicenter studies and will discuss the practical implications of these results to the US standards of sepsis care.
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided for this webinar by Beckman Coulter.
Target Audience
All healthcare providers
Angela Craig, APN, MS, CCNS
ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Angela has been a Clinical Nurse Specialist for 25 years. The last 13 years, she has been the Clinical Nurse Specialist for Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Cookeville, TN. Angela chairs her hospital’s Sepsis team and had the joy of leading the hospital to be the first in the state of TN to become Sepsis Disease Specific Certified through the Joint Commission. She has also implemented a nurse driven protocol for hemodynamic monitoring at CRMC. Angela has presented at multiple hospitals and conferences on Sepsis.
Dustin Pierce, RN, BSN, CPHQ
Quality Outcomes Coordinator, The University of Kansas Hospital
Dustin has a Bachelor’s in Biological Science from Emporia State University (2004), a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2007) from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He returned home to Kansas to begin his nursing career at the University of Kansas Hospital as a staff nurse on nights and weekends in the Medical ICU in 2008. In 2012, he transitioned to the Quality & Safety department to work on various initiatives regarding quality improvement in and around sepsis.
Since 2012 he has given many presentations on sepsis at both KU and many hospitals, nursing homes, EMS providers, and home health providers across the state. He has been part of several improvement initiatives regarding sepsis prevention, detection, and treatment since 2012. In 2016 Dustin began working to improve the Mortality Review process as well as work on Patient Safety improvement initiatives throughout the hospital.
No continuing education is offered for this sponsored webinar.
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