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Choices in Topical Hemostatic Agents

Premiere Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022

This activity offers CE credit for:

  1. ABIM (MOC)
  2. Medicine (accme)
  3. Nursing (ANCC)
  4. Pharmacy (acpe)
  5. PA (aapa)
  6. Other


All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Credit Expiration Date:
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available

Faculty


James E. Dowdell III, MDJames E. Dowdell III, MD (Moderator)
(he/him/his)
Spine Surgery
Assistant Attending of Orthopedic
Surgery Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Michael Capito, RN, BSN, CNORMichael Capito, RN, BSN, CNOR 
(he/his/him)
Perioperative Nurse
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Statement of Need

Advanced surgical techniques along with a wide variety of topical hemostatic agents have allowed many surgeries to be performed in the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) or ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Nevertheless, these procedures require the same level of hemostatic planning and preparation as in-hospital surgeries. In this first of three CMEO Snacks, Dr. James Dowdell and his team review classes of hemostatic agents and the types of procedures they are typically used for.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:

  • Assess the role of topical hemostatic agents for specific types of bleeding in hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical procedures.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.

Target Audience

Physicians, PAs, NPs, and nurses specializing in surgery, orthopedics, and/or otolaryngology.

Credit Information

ABIM MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Learning Formats
Enduring material

Royal College MOC:
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

MIPS Improvement Activity:
This activity counts towards MIPS Improvement Activity requirements under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.

It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and mitigated any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that these relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.

Dr. Dowdell reports no financial relationships to disclose.

Mr. Capito reports no financial relationships to disclose.

The following peer reviewer and CME Outfitters staff have no financial relationships:
  • Michael Franks, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC (peer reviewer)
  • Thomas Mitchell (planning committee)
  • Warren Beckman (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)


  • Faculty of this CE activity may include discussions of products or devices that are not currently labeled for use by the FDA. The faculty have been informed of their responsibility to disclose to the audience if they will be discussing off-label or investigational uses (any uses not approved by the FDA) of products or devices.

    Questions about this activity? Call us at 877.CME.PROS (877.263.7767).

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