Best Practices in the Cardiac Cath Lab: An Update

Faculty and Program

	Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI Moderator Introduction		J. Dawn Abbott, MD, FSCAI Administrative Aspects of the Cath Lab: Optimal Team, Heart Team, and Governance
	Sohah N. Iqbal, MD, FSCAI Pre-Procedure Best Practices Including Choice of Vascular Access		Santiago Garcia, MD, FSCAI Intraprocedural Best Practices
	Matheen Khuddus, MD, FSCAI Post-Procedure Best Practices and Getting Ready for Discharge		Matheen Khuddus, MD, FSCAI Moderator
	Frederick G. Welt, MD, FSCAI Panelist		Kimberly Skelding, MD, FSCAI Panelist

Acknowledgment of Commercial Support:

This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic. No in-kind support has been received.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

Implement a “best practice” approach to the cath lab
Identify updated practices on safety, medications, vascular access and other key cath lab activities
Differentiate the role of the cardiac cath lab director and administrative and nursing directors

Accredited Continuing Education Information

Accreditation Statement
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
SCAI designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 medical knowledge Maintenance of Certification (MOC) point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM's) MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful Completion
Watch the content and complete the evaluation to obtain credit.

Summary


Availability:	Retired


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	No Credit Offered