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The History and Science of Silver in Managing Infections in the Vascular Access Specialty

  • 03 Dec 2020
  • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Virtual (Webex platform)

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The History and Science of Silver in Managing Infections in the Vascular Access Specialty

Speaker: Lisa Anstett, RN, OCN 

(the FOUNDER of GulfVAN!)

Sponsored by our friends at Silverlon

Silver has been used as an antimicrobial for centuries. This presentation will provide a brief background on the history of silver and review the mechanisms of action of silver in preventing infections. A focus will be made on silver vascular access advanced dressings. There will also be a discussion on the different mechanisms of the delivery of silver in advanced wound dressings as well as a review of CHG and the needs for alternatives. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  1. Discuss the history of Silver in managing infection
  2. Discuss the role of silver in eliminating bacteria
  3. Explain how silver ions kill microorganisms
  4. Discuss alternatives to CHG 

    Presentation begins promptly at 7:00pm

    CE Broker Tracking #: 20-800692

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    This is a joint meeting with GulfVAN and FLAVAN. If you are a member of more than one of these organizations, you should only register with one. Please do not register with more than one.

    1.0 CE will be provided by the organization you registered with. Please note, your membership must be current to be awarded CE credit.


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