CONFLICT OF INTEREST/CONTENT VALIDATION POLICY:

As an accredited provider of continuing medical education/continuing education Vizient is dedicated to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its CME/CE activities. Vizient requires all potential faculty and program planners, in advance, to disclose financial relationships with relevant commercial interests. Vizient uses that information to determine whether prospective contributors have potential conflicts of interest. If significant relationships are disclosed, Vizient assesses how those potential conflicts of interest may affect CME/CE content. Vizient requires that all conflicts of interest be resolved prior to participation in the activity. Vizient is committed to resolving potential conflicts of interest, although if contributors have significant relationships that cannot be reconciled, Vizient reserves the right to prohibit participation.  Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS:

Current accrediting agency guidelines and Vizient policy state that participants in educational activities should be made aware of any affiliation or financial interest that may affect the presentation and if there will be any discussion of unapproved or investigative use of commercial products/devices. Each planning committee member, reviewer and presenter has completed a Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships form.

Relevant financial relationships: Planning committee members and presenter have nothing to disclose.