About This Course
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease cause by the Gram negative bacteria Treponema pallidum. The disease can also be transmitted through blood and through the placenta to the fetus of pregnant women. If left untreated the disease can be unknowingly spread to others, since often times the infected person may not be aware they have the disease.
In this presentation Nicole explains the different stages of syphilis and the methods of treponema and non-treponema tests used to determine whether an individual may have the disease.
Nicole Naudé, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm is a medical laboratory scientist living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Learning Objectives
Explain the need for surveillance on syphilis prevalence
Differentiate non-treponemal from treponemal test methodologies and understand importance of both test types in syphilis diagnosis and monitoring
Identify differences between traditional testing algorithm and the reverse testing algorithm
Requirements
- An electronic device to view the presentation
- Notepad for taking notes
Target Audience
- Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists
- Healthcare professionals interested in the topic
Curriculum
2 Lessons1h
Course content
Syphilis at a Glance1:00:00
Presenter’s slides
Assessment
Your Instructors
Marion Carrillo
MS, MLS (ASCP)cm
Marion is a medical laboratory scientist certified by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. She also has a Masters degree in Clinical Laboratory Management and completed a specialist in blood banking certificate program. She has many years experience in the blood transfusion service in the U.S and in Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to the work done at Trinity she is an adjunct immunohaematology lecturer and provides non technical and technical advice to persons in need of blood, medical laboratory technologists respectively.
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Nicole Naudé
MS, MLS(ASCP)
Nicole is a medical laboratory scientist living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She works at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She has 14 years of laboratory experience and 9 of those years she worked in Clinical Immunology, at both the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and later at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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$20.00
Material Includes
- Recorded CE
- The presenter's slides
- A certificate of completion
Enrolment validity: 365 days
