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ForwardSponsored Webinar: COVID-19 + Sepsis Management: How They Are Linked and What We Are Learning
Webinar Description:
Sponsored by BD
Join this Sepsis Alliance Clinical Community sponsor innovation webinar for an overview of the current state of sepsis and the linkages between it and COVID-19. Although there is not currently a cure for this virus, clinicians are learning that the best COVID-19 practice includes best practices for sepsis care. By attending this webinar, you will:
- Gain awareness of the impact of sepsis and learn more about its link to COVID-19.
- Develop a deeper understanding of sepsis best practices in diagnostics and how they can support your sepsis management initiatives.
Target Audience
Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, emergency responders, healthcare management teams, and other healthcare staff may benefit.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the presentation, the attendee should be able to:
- Gain awareness of the impact of sepsis and learn more about its link to COVID-19.
- Develop a deeper understanding of sepsis best practices in diagnostics and how they can support your sepsis management initiatives.
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided for this sponsor innovation webinar by BD.
Patrick Murray, PhD
VP, Worldwide Scientific Affairs, BD Life Sciences
Dr. Patrick R. Murray received his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology at UCLA, postgraduate training in Clinical Microbiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, and was director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Washington University from 1976-1999. In 1999, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and in 2001, he accepted the position of Senior Scientist and Chief of Microbiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In July 2011, he retired from the NIH and accepted his current position at BD Life Sciences – Diagnostic Systems as Vice President, Worldwide Microbiology.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the Infectious Disease Society of America, former Chairman of the American Board of Medical Microbiology, Editor-in-Chief of the ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology, and Editor of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. He has authored more than 300 research articles and 20 books.
No continuing education credits are offered for this sponsored session.
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