Infection control practices can greatly reduce hospital associated infections. The goal of infection prevention is to protect the patients, care givers and visitors in a cost-effective manner.
This course is designed to provide participants with an overview of contemporary infection prevention and control practices for a variety of settings. This includes global application to both human and veterinary environments.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- List important components of hospital/clinic based infection prevention and control (IPC) program
- Understand areas of risk to the host such as surgical site, IV and urinary catheters and ways to prevent infection
- Describe the influence of the environment on the risk of infection.
- Design and evaluate surveillance activities in specific settings (veterinary clinic, human hospital, and resource settings)
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods for disinfection and sterilization
- Discuss the relationship between IPC practices and prevalence of MDR Organisms.
- Implement Global Patient Safety Program: ''CLEAN CLEAR IS SAFER CARE''.
Training Delivery Methods
- In-class method
- Online method
