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Product Details
Antibiotic Stewardship for Patients with Pharyngitis: Implementing the Centor Tool
- Credit(s): 1 Contact Hour(s) of CE; Pharmacology of which may be applied towards Pharmacology
- Program Number: 24066660
- Original Program Date: July 5, 2024
- Access: Available until August 31, 2025
Publication

Description

Released: July 1, 2024
Expires: August 31, 2025 (subject to change)

Registration for this activity is only available to AANP Members.

CE for this activity will not be available after this date.

Overview
Pharyngitis continues to be one the most frequent complaints in outpatient settings, accounting for more than 12 million United States healthcare visits annually (Ashurst & Edgerley-Gibb, 2022). Young et al. (2020) found that viral upper respiratory symptoms were among the top three conditions in which antibiotics were inappropriately prescribed, including strep pharyngitis. The updated 2018 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) guidelines stress the importance of using laboratory testing to diagnose strep pharyngitis (Miller et al, 2018). Furthermore, pharyngitis should only be treated with antibiotics if proven to be of bacterial origin (Ashurst & Edgerley-Gibb, 2022).

This CE article is in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (JNP) July/August2024 issue.

CE Credit Instructions
Read this activity description, including objectives and disclosures.

Complete the educational content completely:
- Articles: Read articles/monographs fully.
- Review all additional materials provided (handouts, posttest reviews, other downloadable resources).

After completing all content, go to Steps to Receive Credit to complete the posttest and evaluation to receive full AANP CE/Rx credit. If other types of credit are offered, these options will be available after completing the activity evaluation.

Objectives:
At the end of this activity the participant will be able to:

Explain the importance of antibiotic stewardship for patients with pharyngitis complaints.
Describe the five components of the Centor Tool.
Interpret the results of the Centor Tool and the proposed recommendations based on the given score.

Authors:
Crystal S. Earp, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Disclosure
This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies. The authors have no relevant affiliations to disclose.

This educational activity may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience. The activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, attendees/participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.

Additional Information
For questions or more information concerning this online CE opportunity contact the AANP CE Center Manager at CECenter@aanp.org.

Credits

1 Contact Hour(s) of CE ,
0.25 of which may be applied towards Pharmacology

Faculty

Crystal Earp, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Materials

Post Test Review (2) (144 KB)

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