Candida auris: An Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Yeast

Course Title: Candida auris: An Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Yeast
Course Duration: 1 hour.
Course Description: Candida auris is a globally emerging yeast that is a serious public health concern.
This webinar will describe:

• the recent global emergence of Candida auris,
• identification procedures and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida auris, and
• proper infection control and public health surveillance for C. auris.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:

Describe the emergence and spread of Candida auris.

Discuss the laboratory aspects of Candida auris, including identification, detection of carriage, and antifungal susceptibilities.

Review proper infection control and public health surveillance for Candida auris.

Target Audience: This basic-level webinar is for laboratory professionals.

Access Requirements: To participate in this webinar, you will need a computer with internet access and speakers or a headphone to hear the audio. To test your system, visit: https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support /meeting_test.htm

Special Needs: Course content is closed captioned where applicable and optimized for a screen reader.

CEUs: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Laboratory Training and Services Branch, is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.^® Program.

This webinar is approved for 1.0 hour of P.A.C.E.^® credit, and has been approved for 1.0 contact hours in the General (Microbiology/ Mycology/ Parasitology) category for Florida Laboratory Licensees.

• Go to Course
• View PDF Brochure