Specialized Infection Control Training Course from CDC Train
March 18, 2020 | Corona Virus, Uncategorized
The CDC and CMS have developed a free online training course in infection prevention and control for nursing home staff. The course covers the core activities of an infection prevention and control program with a detailed explanation of recommended practices to prevent pathogen transmission and reduce healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Additionally, this course provides helpful implementation resources (e.g., training tools, checklists, signs, and policy and procedure templates). The course is approximately 19 hours long and is made up of 23 modules and submodules. The modules can be completed at any time, in any order, and over multiple sessions, depending on the learner’s schedule. In order to receive continuing education for the course and a certificate of completion, learners must complete all modules and pass a post-course exam. The “Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course” is available on CDC’s TRAIN website Completion of this course will provide specialized training in infection prevention and control.
The content covers:
- Infection prevention and control program overview
- Infection preventionist responsibilities
- Quality assessment and performance improvement integration
- Infection surveillance
- Outbreaks
- Principles of standard precautions
- Principles of transmission-based precautions
- Hand hygiene
- Injection safety
- Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
- Device (i.e., indwelling urinary and central venous catheters) and wound management
- Point-of-care blood testing
- Reprocessing reusable resident care equipment
- Environmental cleaning
- Water management program
- Linen management
- Preventing respiratory infections
- Tuberculosis prevention
- Occupational health considerations
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Care transitions
The course is free and self-paced; the modules can be completed in any order. Individuals will need to create an account with CDC Train to access the training.
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/training_plan/3814