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Overview
The course will be discontinued on August 8, 2019. Please plan to finish the course by August 7th if you wish to earn credit for it.
In the best of times, Haiti is overwhelmed with endemic infectious diseases. A massive earthquake hit in January 2010, causing extensive damage to the country's infrastructure and fragile health system. The risk of acquiring an infectious disease became even greater. The earthquake made it worse, and the potential for massive outbreaks of infectious disease was and remains enormous for the estimated 150,000 still displaced in temporary plastic and plywood shelters a number of years later. Healthcare providers must be knowledgeable about infectious diseases in Haiti and in any other location in which they provide emergency aid, and be aware of the protective measures to take before traveling.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
- List at least three reasons outbreaks of infectious disease may occur in postearthquake environments, such as in Haiti
- Discuss the epidemiology and symptoms of typhoid fever, hepatitis E, lymphatic filariasis, leptospirosis and human rabies
- Explain what vaccines, medications and precautions are recommended for healthcare workers traveling to Haiti and similar locations
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 2/8/2010
CE590
Course Author
MSN, RN, CIC
MS, MPH, RN
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.