Infection Prevention Perspectives and Lessons Learned from COVID-19 (December 2021)

Webinar Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s webinar on Infection Prevention Perspectives and Lessons Learned from COVID-19 provides an overview of important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic from its inception until November 2021. Topics include isolation, emerging medications, vaccines, and misinformation.

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: Intermediate to Proficient Infection Preventionist, Intermediate to Proficient HAI/AR/IPC staff, Intermediate to Proficient Healthcare/Public Health Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease /Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pharmacist.

Overall Learning Objectives

• Identify treatments used to help prevent and treat COVID-19 infections.
• Determine the best interventions for individuals with COVID-19 infections based on their risk level and stage of infection.
• Examine the efficacy of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as of November 2021, as well as booster suggestions.
• Identify common myths and misinformation surrounding COVID-19 infections and treatments.

Continuing Education Credit

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

Visit viptc.vcu.edu to access our full library of on-demand courses, training videos, and infection prevention resources.