Like Playing a Game of Whack-a-Mole: Emergence of Carbapenem Resistant Gram Negatives During COVID-19

This course qualifies for 1 CE / 1 IPU and corresponds to the following Infection Prevention Unit (IPU) domain(s):

• Identification of Infectious Disease Processes
• Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
• Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents
• Environment of Care
• Cleaning, Sterilization, Disinfection, Asepsis

At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Define family Enterobacterales and their role in carbapenem resistance.
• Identify Acinetobacter baumannii as Carbapenem-resistant organism (CRO) of concern.
• Describe CRO epidemiology, risk factors, & outbreaks across various healthcare settings.
• Detail infection prevention and public health responses to CRO management.
• Outline the impact COVID-19 has on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) detection/transmission and CRO outbreaks.
• Detail patient decolonization & surface disinfection as interventions for a back-to-basics approach to CRO management.

NOTE: You must complete the entire course before proceeding to the evaluation.