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CE webinar: Fortifiers in the Special Care Baby Unit (NICU) - safety first

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Programme Overview:

Dr. Lucas will provide evidence-based research on the safety of cow's milk-derived fortifiers used in neonatology in terms of major neonatal morbidity. His talk focuses on safety and different clinical management options.

Learning Objectives:

By participating in this programme, participants should be able to:

  • Analyze the evidence on the safety of cow’s milk-derived products - notably fortifiers - used in neonatology in terms of major neonatal morbidity
  • Evaluate clinical management options in using fortifiers taking account of the evidence on safety

Speaker:

Alan Lucas, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH

Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Nutrition
Emeritus Professor Institute of Child Health
University of London
London, Oxford, Cambridge

Target Audience:

This programme is designed to meet the educational needs of Neonatologists, Special Care Baby Unit (NICU) dieticians, Paediatricians, Family Medicine Physicians and Clinicians that are involved in the care of infants.

Contact Hours:

Doctor Accreditation:

Nemours is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for doctors. Nemours designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Doctors should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nursing Accreditation:

Educational Review Systems is an approved approver of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nursing Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider No. 5-115. This programme is approved for 1 hour of continuing nursing education. Educational Review Systems is also approved for nursing continuing education by the state of California, the state of Florida and the District of Columbia.