Free-Living Amoeba as Agents of Infection (Online CE Course)

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Garland E. Pendergraph, PhD, JD, MLS(ASCP)SM, HCLD/CC(ABB); Tamika E. Gosha, MA, MT(AAB)
Reviewers: Judi Bennett MT, BSM and Alexandru Casapu, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM

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Most protozoa are free-living and have little or no impact on human health. They are found throughout the environment, particularly in soil and water. However, there are four free-living amoeba that have been associated with serious human infections. This course seeks to identify these amoeba and discuss their life cycles, methods of infection, and the symptoms that occur, as well as determine preventive measures that may be available.

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Continuing Education Credits

P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours (acceptable for AMT, ASCP, and state recertification): 1 hour(s)
Approved through 3/31/2024
Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Credit Hours - General (Microbiology/Mycology/Parasitology): 1 hour(s)
Approved through 3/31/2024

Objectives

  • Identify the primary free-living amoeba that infect humans and contrast their life cycles.
  • Recognize the method of infection and symptoms that occur for each of the free-living amoeba reviewed.
  • Determine preventive measures for each of the free-living amoeba.

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Additional Information

Level of instruction: Basic
 
Intended Audience: Medical laboratory scientists, medical technologists, and technicians. This course is also appropriate for medical laboratory science students and pathology residents. 
 
Author information: Garland E. Pendergraph, PhD, JD, MLS(ASCP)SM, HCLD/CC(ABB) received his MSPH from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, his PhD in medical parasitology/entomology and mycology from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and his law degree with a concentration in health care law from Concord Law School, Purdue University. He also did a Fellowship in Tropical Medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He is the author of a textbook in phlebotomy, a number of scientific articles, plus internet training programs. He is the director of five laboratories.
 
Co-auther information: Tamika Gosha, MA, MLT(ASCP), MT(AAB) is the laboratory manager at the student health services, Valdosta State University. She received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Purdue University.
 
Reviewer information:  Judi Bennett MT, BSM is currently a Program Director for MediaLab, Inc. in Lawrenceville, GA. She has over 30 years of medical laboratory experience in an acute care hospital setting as a laboratory manager, senior clinical applications specialist, point-of-care coordinator, microbiology supervisor, and generalist technologist. 
 
Reviewer Information: Alexandru Casapu, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, PBTCM has over 20 years of experience as an MLS, section supervisor, and laboratory manager. A former Director of Clinical Laboratory Technology Program at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, he is currently a Program Director at MediaLab, Inc. 

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