The purpose of this webinar is to enable participants to increase their knowledge of best practices for caring for infants that have potentially been exposed to HIV in utero, peripartum, or post-partum.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Assess the overall risk of perinatal HIV transmission, and the timing of HIV transmission, either in utero, peripartum, or post-partum via breastfeeding
- Describe the testing recommended to diagnose HIV exposure and HIV infection in infants
- Discuss appropriate treatment approaches in various categories of perinatal transmission risk
Speaker
Peter Havens, MD, MS
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Disease
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Accreditation
PSNA: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is an approved provider of continuing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity qualifies for 1.0 contact hours.
CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care profesionals are awarded 0.1 continuing education units (CEU's) which are equal to 1.0 contact hours.
CEU: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, awards Continuing Education Units to individuals who enroll in certain educational activities. This program is awarded 0.10 continuing education
credits.
