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Infection Prevention and Control Training Course

$55.00
Category
Duration Time
5 days
Level
BASIC
Price
$55.00

The purpose of Infection Prevention and Control Training Course

Infection Prevention and Control Training Course is designed to help Infection prevention personnel, health care providers and supervisors of health care facilities, develop or strengthen their ability to protect themselves, their clients, and members of the surrounding community from infections. The internationally accepted practices covered in this course use low-tech approaches that are practical, simple, easy to use, and generally inexpensive. Finally, information provided in this course is applicable to any facility.

The emergence of life-threatening infections are highlighted the need for efficient infection control and prevention program in all health care settings and for the health care providers so they can implement them.

Infection Prevention and Control training course is one of the most top courses provided by Jordanian Experts Team for Training and Consultation. This course has been held for more than 100 times. It is available for all workers who are working in any medical facility from all fields; clinical or administrative fields; doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, and all other medical professions. This course is available online with accredited certificates.

Who is the audience for Infection Prevention and Control Training Course

Infection Prevention and Control training course is directed mainly toward an audience of all health care workers, especially:

    • Infection prevention nurses, as nurses concerned with infection prevention are responsible for all roles and responsibilities of infection control and prevention, and they are the main target group for this diploma.
    • Service supervisors, service providers and other employees, and facility managers.
    • All health care providers of various categories who provide direct medical services, such as nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and technicians in their various specializations, are highly concerned with infection prevention issues.

General Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the risk of transmitting infections to clients, health care workers, and the community via the health care sitting.
  • Explain the importance of infection prevention in a health care facility.
  • Explain the international accepted, low-tech approaches for reducing the risk of infections.
  • Identify who is at risk of infections in the health care sitting.
  • Describe the six components of the disease-transmission cycle.
  • Explain how infections are transmitted among clients, health care workers, and the community via the health care sitting.
  • Explain what standard precautions and transmission-based precautions are.
  • Explain the importance of hand hygiene in infection prevention.
  • List the appropriate times to wash hands in a health care facility.
  • Explain the six kinds of hand hygiene and when each is performed.
  • Define and differentiate between antiseptics and disinfectants.
  • List common uses of antiseptics and disinfectant.
  • Identify ways to protect antiseptics and disinfectant from contamination.
  • List different vaccines which health workers should receive.
  • List ways that health care workers can become injured by sharps
  • Explain the immediate post exposure intervention for needle stick injuries.
  • Differentiate between general and hazardous wastes.
  • Explain the following aspects of waste management : sorting , handling, storing, transporting and disposal

Topics that will be discussed in Infection Prevention and Control Training Course:

This course will be divided into main modules as the following; 

Module one: Introduction to Infection Prevention

  • General principles of infection control
  • Epidemiology of Hospital Infections
  • Infection chain
  • Standard precaution
  • Transmission Based precautions

Module two: Basic infection control measures

  • Hand hygiene guidelines 
  • Hand hygiene
  • Antiseptics and disinfectants
  • Safe injection practices
  • Occupational Health
  • Handling and disposal of Sharps
  • Waste management
  • Spill Management

 

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