Fall Road Shows to Address Infection Imaging

The Central Chapter’s Fall Road Shows will be scheduled in September and October 2006 in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. No program will be scheduled in Michigan due to the Fall Educational Conference scheduled for Traverse City.

The four-hour Saturday morning programs will include 4-5 speakers on the topic of Infection Imaging. Tentative topics and learning objectives are listed below. Voice credit will be applied for through the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section.

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Course Topics & Objectives

Following this program, the participants should be able to:

• Compare the diagnostic accuracy and usefulness of the various types of radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine for detecting and assessing infection and inflammation.

• Gain perspective about the accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) with leukocytes labeled in vitro with F18 FDG verses that of leukocytes labeled with 111 In oxine in patients suspected of having infection

• Understand how infection control practices are used to limit Nosocomial Infections

• Become familiar with the new role of the Nuclear Medicine Practitioner (NMP) and the proposed scope of practice and clinical application in the clinical setting

Topic 1: Current Role of Imaging Agents for Infection

• Identify the various imaging agents and applications used in nuclear medicine for detecting and assessing infection and inflammation

• Compare the diagnostic accuracy and usefulness of the various types of radiopharmaceuticals used in patients suspected of having infection

Topic 2: F18- FDG PET Imaging in the Detection and Monitoring of Infection and Inflammation

• Compare the accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) with leukocytes labeled in vitro with F18 FDG verses that of leukocytes labeled with 111 In oxine in patients suspected of having infection

• Differentiate Infection and Cancer in FDG Studies

Topic 3: Infection Control Practices to Limit Nosocomial Infections

• Identify infection control practices to limit nosocomial infections and how infection control departments monitor and track patients with nosocomial infections

• Identify the role of JCAHO Sentinel Events and Root Cause Analysis in mitigating nosocomial infections, including best practice techniques which can be incorporated into your department infection control policy and part of your departments daily practice

Topic 4: Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Technology

• Discuss the new role of the Nuclear Medicine Practitioner (NMP) including the proposed scope of practice and clinical application of the NMP’s in the clinical setting

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