Facility Design, Construction, & Renovations and Infection Prevention

This course is part of our Advanced Course in Infection Prevention and Control. See below for links to other modules!

Course Overview 

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s intermediate module, Facility Design, Construction, & Renovations and Infection Prevention, equips healthcare professionals with strategies to integrate infection prevention principles into construction and renovation projects. This course covers key considerations for facility design, how infection prevention teams can be effectively involved in construction planning, and guidance from ASHE and other agencies.

Target Audience

Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are leading infection prevention activities in their facilities. These are infection prevention professionals with extensive knowledge of infection prevention and control concepts and considerable practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control.

Overall Learning Objectives

• Describe key considerations with healthcare facility design as these relate to infection prevention
• Describe the ideal ways IP teams will be involved in facility design and construction processes
• Review American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) guidance for building and renovation

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course from 9/25/2023 to 9/25/2026. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety, then visit the VCU Continuing Medical Education activity page to obtain your credit.

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Resources

• CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities
• FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction
• APIC Toolkit, Infection Control Risk Assessment
• Kanamori et al, CID, 2015
• Buchanan et al, ICHE, April 2021
• Buchanan et al, ICHE Oct 2021
• Also check out the ASHE ICRA 2.0 Toolkit which offers two free downloadable tools: Matrix of Precautions for Construction, Renovation and Operations and Infection Control Risk Assessment and Permit

VIPTC’s Advanced Course in Infection Prevention and Control

The Advanced Course in Infection Prevention & Control is designed for those leading infection prevention efforts for their organizations and will focus on implementation science, epidemiologic methods for surveillance and basic biostatistical data analysis, interpretation of the literature for evidence-based practice, and leadership training.

Modules:

• Overview of Healthcare-Associated Infections
• Implementation Science
• Epidemiology Methods for Infection Prevention
• Infection Prevention Program Cost Analysis & Writing a Business Plan
• Leadership & Managing Change
• Emergency Preparedness
• Healthcare-Associated Infections National Quality Reporting
• The Science of Meetings and Effective Facilitation
• Performance and Quality Improvement in Infection Prevention
• Modifiable Risk Factors and Performance Measures
• Reading and Using Scientific Literature
• Sustaining and Adapting a Champion of Infection Prevention Team
• Facility Design, Construction, and Renovations and Infection Prevention
• Water Management