Infection Prevention Strategies for Healthcare Professionals
Infection Prevention Strategies for Healthcare Professionals is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 04/11/2022
Date of Most Recent Review: 04/11/2022
Course Termination/ Update Date: 12/31/2025
Description:
Healthcare professionals are responsible for implementing infection prevention techniques. This course reviews how pathogenic organisms spread in healthcare settings, infection prevention strategies for healthcare professionals, and occupational health strategies to control the spread of infectious and communicable diseases.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to provide nursing and medical assistant professionals in the healthcare setting with a general overview of infection prevention strategies.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Indicate how pathogenic organisms may be spread in healthcare settings.
• Recall infection prevention strategies healthcare professionals should employ in the work setting.
• List occupational health strategies specific to preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, and tuberculosis (TB) in healthcare • providers, and resources for evaluation of healthcare professionals infected with these organisms.