Infection Prevention and Control Strategies for Burn Patients

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Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Infection Prevention & Control Strategies for Burn Patients provides an overview of essential infection prevention strategies that can be used in burn unit settings. Topics include the burn unit environment, special considerations, and specific hospital-associated infections common among burn patients.

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

Identify infection-related risk factors for burn patients.
List the essential prevention strategies for preventing infections in burn patients.
Identify environmental risks and mitigation strategies including ventilation systems, unit design, water sources, plants, shared equipment, and play areas and toys.

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

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