This course is part of
our Infection Prevention in Home Health & Hospice Mini-Course.
See below for links to other modules!
Course
Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s advanced module, IPC for Home Health & Hospice Module 5: Occupational Health, equips healthcare professionals with practical strategies for addressing infection-related occupational hazards. Topics include bloodborne pathogen exposures, respiratory protection plans, OSHA standards, and escalation processes following occupational incidents in home settings.
Target
Audience
Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are or will be
directly involved in infection prevention activities in their facilities. These
are infection prevention professionals who have participated in and gained
considerable knowledge through specialized infection and control training and
have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with infection
prevention and control concepts.
Audience examples:
Advanced Beginner to Proficient Infection Preventionist, Advanced Beginner to
Proficient HAI/AR/IPC staff, Novice to Proficient Healthcare/Public Health
Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease /Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Pharmacist.
Overall Learning Objectives
- Recognize infection health
hazards for healthcare workers (include needle-stick injuries, bloodborne
pathogens, and respiratory illnesses)
- Discuss the creation and
implementation of a bloodborne pathogen plan
- Discuss the creation and
implementation of a respiratory protection plan
- Describe escalation process in
response to occupational health exposures
Continuing Education Credit
If you would like to take this full course for credit, please view the content
on the VCU
Health Continuing Education site. CE credit is available for
this mini-course through August 7, 2026. To view the content without
CE credit, watch here.
IPC for Home Health & Hospice Modules:
- Contextual Overview of Infection Prevention in Home Health
and Hospice
- Best
Practices & Infection Control
- Cleaning
& Disinfection
- Waste
Management
- Occupational
Health
- Surveillance
Visit viptc.vcu.edu to
access our full library of on-demand courses, training videos, and infection
prevention resources.
