The Solution to IV Fluid Management: Best Practices for Fluid Stewardship
ACPE Number:0204-0000-24-412-H01-P Content Release Date: February 13, 2025 Expiration Date: February 13, 2027 Activity Type: Application-based CE Credits: 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) Activity Fee: Free
Activity Overview
This educational activity will review appropriate fluid prescribing, assessing efficacy of fluid use, and adverse consequences related to fluid overload. Discussion of opportunities to implement fluid stewardship into practice at the patient level, unit level, and at an institutional and health-system level will also be included. Case-based scenarios will be incorporated to highlight patient-specific fluid prescribing including appropriate monitoring, prescribing, and opportunities to improve patient safety.
*Please note, this activity was presented live on December 10, 2024 as part of the ASHP 2024 Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition. You can only claim credit once for this activity; live or home study
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.
This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of inpatient pharmacists, infusion pharmacists, and other pharmacists interested in fluid management and incorporating fluid stewardship into practice. This activity also targets pharmacists in leadership roles who can identify opportunities to incorporate fluid stewardship into their facility’s practice.
Leslie A. Hamilton, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, BCPS, BCCCP, Activity Chair Professor, Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Neurocritical Care Pharmacist University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, Tennessee
Leslie A. Hamilton, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, BCPS, BCCCP, is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy in Knoxville, TN. She practices in neurocritical care at UT Medical Center and is a full-time faculty member. Prior to joining UT, Dr. Hamilton served on faculty at Auburn University for three years and practiced in pulmonology and critical care. Her interests are critical care, neurology, nutrition, and infectious disease and she serves on several committees for AACP, ACCP, NCS, and SCCM.
Trisha N. Branan, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM Clinical Professor and Assistant Department Head for Professional Education University of Georgia College of Pharmacy Athens, Georgia
Trisha Branan, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM, is a Clinical Professor and Assistant Department Head for Professional Education at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy in Athens, Georgia. In addition, she practices as a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist in a medical-surgical ICU at Piedmont Athens Regional. Dr. Branan obtained her PharmD from UGA, completed her PGY1 residency at WellstarMCG, and a PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency at the University of Virginia. She is a member of the UGA Critical Care Collaborative (UGAC3), board certified in critical care pharmacotherapy, and a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
Jeffery S. Vender, MD, MCCM, MBA is the Emeritus, Harris Family Foundation Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at NorthShore University Health System in Evanston, Illinois and a Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He is a past member of the NorthShore University Health System Faculty Practice Associates Board of Directors, Past Chair of the Medical Executive Committee for the Professional Staff at NorthShore and previously served on Northshore’s Board of Directors. Dr. Vender served as Chair of Anesthesia from 1990-2015 and received an appointment of adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He served as the Director of the Critical Care Services at Evanston Hospital from 1987-2000 and the Interim Chairman at Northwestern University Department of Anesthesiology from July 1999 until October 2000. Dr. Vender has participated and Chaired numerous state and national committees of various medical organizations, edited several medical texts, has published over 135 articles and book chapters and has been an invited lecturer at over 250 national and international meetings on topics of anesthesiology, critical care, organizational change, and leadership. In addition, Dr. Vender serves as an editor and/or reviewer for many medical journals.
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Supported by an educational grant from Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC.
