Laboratory Detection of Respiratory Viruses for the Clinician

• Recognize the most common viruses that cause acute respiratory illness and their current epidemiology.
• Identify testing strategies for respiratory viruses routinely available in most laboratories, and specialized testing typically performed by select laboratories for clinically challenging presentations.
• Discuss challenges and trends in respiratory virus diagnostics including testing for infectivity, as well as the increasing availability of home-collection and at-home testing.

Geriatricians, infection disease physicians, intensivists, nurse practitioners, nurses, obstetricians/gynecologists, pediatricians, pharmacists, physician assistants, primary care physicians, pulmonologists, and other prescribing and non-prescribing providers

In support of improving patient care, Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians / American Medical Association (AMA)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

Nurses / American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 ANCC contact hours.

Physician Assistants / American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 0.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Pharmacists/Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 0.50 hours. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion.  

Universal Activity Number List: Pharmacist UAN: JA0000192-0000-24-508-H06-P

Certificate of Participation
A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals for requesting credits in accordance with their professional boards and/or associations.

Cleveland Clinic Planning Committee

Cecile Foshee, PhD
Co-Activity Director
Director, Office of Interprofessional Learning

Steven Gordon, MD
Co-Activity Director
Chairman, Infectious Disease Department

Kaitlyn Rivard, PharmD
Co-Activity Director
Department of Pharmacy 

Nichole Brown, MSN, RN, CHSE-A, PhD(c )
Nursing Institute

Neal Chaisson, MD
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pulmonary Medicine 

Frank Esper, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital 

Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Director of Education
Physician Assistant Services

Aanchal Kapoor, MD, Med
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pulmonary Medicine

Steven Kawczak, PhD, CHCP, FACEHP
Co-Medical Director, Center for Continuing Education

Neil Mehta, MBBS, MS
Center for Technology-Enhanced
Knowledge and Instruction
Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine

Anne Vanderbilt, APRN
Senior Director, Advance Nursing Practices
Center for Geriatric Medicine

Hannah Wang, MD
Director, Molecular Microbiology & Virology

Faculty

Christopher C. Attaway, MD MSc
Medical Microbiology Fellow, PGY-6
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Hannah Wang, MD, D(ABMM)
Medical Director, Molecular Microbiology and Virology
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.