Identification of Infectious Diseases and the Role of the Microbiology Lab

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Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Identification of Infectious Diseases and the Role of the Microbiology Lab provides detailed information regarding clinical diagnosis, infection control, and surveillance of healthcare-associated infections. Topics include chain of transmission, standard precautions, diagnostic stewardship, biosafety, and standard microbiological practices.

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 who have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control concepts.

Audience examples include advanced beginner to proficient infection preventionists and HAI/AR/IPC staff, novice to proficient healthcare or public health epidemiologists, and antimicrobial stewardship program pharmacists.

Overall Learning Objectives

Explain the basics of microbe transmission
Recognize the role of the microbiology laboratory in clinical diagnosis, infection control and surveillance of healthcare-associated infections
Describe the role of infection prevention and control in the laboratory

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing Education (CE) credit is not available for this course.

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