Therapeutic Use of KASPER and Urine Drug Screening and Testing in Clinical Practice is organized by UK HealthCare CECentral.

Release: Oct 31, 2014
Expires: Jul 26, 2022

Estimated Time to Complete: 45 Minutes

Accreditation:
CME
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other
UK Healthcare CECentral certifies this activity for 0.75 hours of participation.

CPHCE
University of Kentucky College of Public Health certifies that this educational activity was designated for 1.00 hour of Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) credit. This course is approved for continuing education by the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.

Needs Statement:
KASPER and UDS/T can be used as therapeutic clinical tools to help monitor for unintended adverse effects of prescribed opioids (and other controlled drugs with known abuse potential and increasing presence in overdose death cases such as the opioids and benzodiazepines) and to help health providers not be unintentional sources of diverted medications. This process can get providers talking more to patients (and their family/friends) about the need for safe storage, diversion, misuse, and substance use disorder that impacts patients and public health.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this educational activity, you will be able to:
• Interpret and verify a KASPER report
• Understand how to have appropriate conversations with patients about unexpected KASPER report results 
• Review metabolism of commonly prescribed pain pills that can affect interpretation of urine drug test and give case examples of common misinterpreted results
• Explain the differences between urine screens vs. tests

• CME : 0.75
• Hours : 0.75
• Credit : 1

This activity is designed for prescribers of controlled substances including physicians, nurse practitioners, and dentists and any other interested health care professionals.

Number of Health Care Professionals Registered: 1 Number