Quality Series: Infection Prevention
Quality Series: Infection Prevention is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 08/24/2021
Date of Most Recent Review: 8/24/2021
Course Termination/ Update Date: 08/31/2024
Description:
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), also known as nosocomial infections, are a considerable source of human suffering, financial expenditure, and the cause of significant distrust and fear of the healthcare system. Many of them are preventable but continue to cause thousands of deaths and generate billions of dollars of expenditures in the U.S. every year. This course describes the main types of HAIs, how they are defined, their risk factors, and guidelines for their prevention and control. It also provides an overview of reporting and surveillance measures required by government entities, and methods for analyzing costs associated with infection prevention efforts in the acute care setting.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to provide nursing professionals in acute care settings with knowledge of publicly-reported HAIs, epidemiological and statistical concepts for studying HAIs, and methods for analyzing costs associated with infection prevention efforts.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Describe HAIs targeted for public reporting including the rationale for those targets and data used to identify cases.
• Define epidemiological terms, practices, and statistical concepts commonly used in the acute care setting to study, prevent, and control HAIs.
• Describe the variables and methods for analyzing costs associated with infection prevention efforts in the acute care setting.