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Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Polio

ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-24-081-H06-P
Release Date: 05/11/2024
Expiration Date: 05/11/2026
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
CE Credits:  0.25 contact hour, no partial credit
Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available 

Activity Overview 

Poliovirus infection, more often vaccine-derived than wild type, still occurs in some countries and can easily be carried into the United States and spread in communities with low vaccine rates. Clinicians may not recognize risk of exposure to poliovirus during international travel and may fail to offer appropriate/needed vaccine(s). This podcast reviews the history of polio and information on vaccination. 

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

These activities were planned to meet the educational needs of healthcare professionals desiring to increase knowledge about poliovirus and vaccination. 

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to…

  • Summarize the pathogenesis, transmission, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of poliovirus infection and poliomyelitis.
  • Identify indication(s) and a vaccine strategy for adults in the United States who are unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or have unknown polio vaccination status.
  • Recognize challenges to the global eradication of poliovirus. 

  • Introduction and Announcements 

  • Presentation  

Jamie Guyear, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacist Provider, Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist Champion
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency Program Director
Kansas City VA Medical Center
Kansas City, MO   

Sarah Blackwell, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Medical Critical Care / PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Brookwood Baptist Health
Birmingham, AL 

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. 

  • No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. Once you have processed and claimed your CE credit, we encourage you to check your NABP eProfile account to verify your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. It is an electronic direct-report process so your credits should appear in your account within a few minutes. After the 60 day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to report your credit(s) for this activity.