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Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center presents:

NTNC Webinar

IGRA for Nurses

Join SNTC for our IGRA for Nurses WebinarThe purpose of this webinar is to provide public health nurses with knowledge about the Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) blood tests and how they are used to identify patients with past or recent infections with the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis organism (Mtb). This knowledge will allow nurses to identify which indeterminate or borderline test results require follow-up. 

 

Target Audience: This webinar is designed for public health nurses who interact with TB patients.

 

Course Goals:

  • Recognize the quantitative assay measurements of the two types of IGRA tests and the antigen/antibody immune response related to interpreting a test result. 
  • Identify the IGRA cut-off result values, including positive/negative, indeterminate, and borderline, and how those cut-off values are interpreted when determining a test result. 
  • Identify what an indeterminate or borderline test result indicates in relation to reviewing a test result and retesting. 


Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern

           12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Central

           11:00 am - 12:30 pm Mountain

           10:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific

Location: Zoom

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Attendance: In order to claim CE credit, you are required to attend at least 80% of the webinar and actively engage in activities.


CE: Pending


Computer Requirements: Access to a computer with audio and video capabilities.


Speakers:

  • Connie Haley, MD, MPH
  • Maria Lasley, RN, BSN, MA, MBA  
  • Jenna Hext, BSN, RN|PHNCM
  • Amy Painter, BSN, RN
  • Kate Louther, RN, MS 

Event Agenda 


Welcome/Housekeeping -1:00 pm - 1:15 pm EST

  • Maria Lasley, RN, BSN, MA, MBA 


IGRA Presentation - 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm EST

  • Maria Lasley, RN, BSN, MA, MBA 
  • Connie Haley, MD, MPH 


Nurses Case Panel Discussion - 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm EST

  • Maria Lasley, RN, BSN, MA, MBA  
  • Jenna Hext, BSN, RN, PHNCM  
  • Amy Painter, BSN, RN 
  • Kate Louther, RN, MS 
  • Connie Haley, MD, MPH 


Q&A - 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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Questions?  Contact SNTC by email at SNTC@medicine.ufl.edu