Infection Control Practices in Healthcare - Traditional Inservice
Contact Hours: 1.5
Cost: $59.00
The traditional in-service format is designed to provide home health care providers, assisted living facilities, and skilled and long term care facilities all that is needed to deliver informative in-services to your certified nurse aides and staff. With our new unique design of in-service presentations you can take advantage of traditional in-person presentation methods and add modern teaching techniques of a visual presentation, interactive review questions and video presentations. Use our online course display to make your presentation visual, informative, fun, and interactive, incorporating all aspects of adult learning techniques. With the use of a projector, screen, smart TV, or laptop our online in-services and interactive features, such as review questions and video teaching segments, are easily presented to the audience.
Our traditional format provides you with complete printable course curriculum handouts, final test/exam handout, final exam key for the presenter, sign in sheets to track attendance, printable certificates of completion, as well as printable skill competency checklists to verify competence in all skills related to the in-service.
This infection control practices in healthcare course will provide participants with a review of basic infection control considerations and guidelines necessary to protect themselves and their residents from infection during all facets of care. This comprehensive review can be utilized for nursing assistive personnel throughout all healthcare settings, as the safety considerations for infection control do not change according to level of acuity. Within this course, the participant will review the basics of infection control practices including the chain of infection and how to prevent the spread of infection, proper hand hygiene practices, how to identify and properly use personal protective equipment, how to safely follow standard precautions, how to safely follow transmission-based precautions, how to safely handle potentially infectious items and materials, what to do if exposure to potentially infectious items or materials occurs, improving communication to promote safety, and how to complete incident reporting in a timely and thorough manner.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
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Define the chain of infection, and list ways to prevent the spread of infection.
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Demonstrate proper hand hygiene practices.
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Identify and appropriately demonstrate how to use personal protective equipment.
4.
Define and discuss how to safely follow standard precautions.
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Define and discuss how to safely follow transmission-based precautions.
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Discuss how to safely handle potentially infectious items and materials.
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Explain what to do if exposure to potentially infectious items or materials occurs.
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Elaborate on some potential consequences of breaking infection control guidelines.
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Explain how improving communication can promote safety.
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Discuss considerations for compassionate care related to infection control practices.
11.
Summarize the importance of timely and thorough incident reporting.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Understanding the Basics of Infection
• Causes of Infection
• The Chain of Infection
• Breaking the Chain of Infection
• Basic Infection Control Etiquette
Chapter 2: Proper Hand Hygiene Practices
• Knowing when to Wash your Hands
• Choosing the Correct Method of Handwashing
• Proper Hand Washing with Soap and Water
• Proper Hand Washing with Alcohol-Based Rubs
• Considerations for Nails, Jewelry and Watches
Chapter 3: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Understanding Personal Protective Equipment
• How to Properly Use Gloves
• How to Properly Use Isolation Gowns
• How to Properly Use Standard Face Masks
• How to Properly Use Protective Eye Shields or Goggles
Chapter 4: Standard Precautions
• Defining Standard Precautions
• Considerations for Compassionate Care
Chapter 5: Transmission-Based Precautions
• Defining Transmission-Based Precautions
• Airborne Precautions
• Contact Precautions
• Droplet Precautions
• Enteric Precautions
• Neutropenic Precautions - also known as “Reverse Isolation”
Chapter 6: Exposure and Incident Reporting
• What to do if you become exposed
• Importance of Timely and Thorough Incident Reporting
Chapter 7: Improving Communication to Promote Infection Control Safety
• Following the Resident Care Plan
• Using the Appropriate Signs to Alert Care Personnel
• Reinforcing Infection Control Practices with Residents, Visitors and Staff
Chapter 8: Print Course Handouts
•Course materials handouts; exam, exam key, certificate of completion, attendance sheet
•Skill Competency Checklists
Chapter 9: References