Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
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This course will provide infection prevention and control (IPC) training for individuals responsible for IPC programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by front-line staff. The course will include information about the core activities of an effective IPC program, with a detailed explanation of recommended IPC practices to prevent pathogen transmission and reduce healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Additionally, this course will provide helpful implementation resources (e.g., training tools, checklists, signs, and policy and procedure templates).
What You'll Learn
- Identify the ways pathogens spread in nursing homes.
- List risk factors among nursing home residents that contribute to the development of healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance.
- Identify recommended infection prevention and control (IPC) practices for the detection, prevention, and control of pathogen transmission in nursing homes.
- Identify strategies for implementing the core activities of the IPC program.
- Describe how the infection preventionist (IP) works with nursing home staff and key partners (e.g., QAA committee, health departments, consultants) to implement IPC practices.