Activity ID
7936Expires
April 28, 2024Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0CME Provider: University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Description of CME Course
Each spotlight module contains an actual cases submitted by practicing clinicians, with expert commentary addressing issues of patient safety and medical errors.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Describe the difference between a cavity, an orifice, and a wound as a location where packing material may be retained.
Explain why the vagina is a relatively common site for retained packing after obstetric and surgical procedures.
Identify the characteristics of safer packing materials to use in an orifice.
Design a set of “best practices” in the operating room and postoperative care units to minimize the risk of retained vaginal packing, including use of patient armbands, electronic or written tracking tools, timely handoffs by primary sources, repeated patient education, and avoidance of workarounds.
Describe the importance of nurse-to-nurse collaboration and other educational and cultural activities to overcome a clinician’s reluctance to perform a vaginal examination when such an examination is clinically indicated.
Keywords
Gynecology, Operating Room, Obstetrics, Labor and Delivery
Competencies
Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Inpatient, Rural, Urban
