Course Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Infection Prevention & Control Strategies in Outpatient Clinics provides an overview of essential infection prevention strategies that can be used in outpatient and other settings. Topics include background information on patient safety, specific IPC strategies for safe healthcare delivery, surveillance, and methods to improve facility 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 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 risk factors for patients in outpatient clinics
- List the essential prevention strategies for preventing spread of disease in outpatient clinics
- Discuss the importance of surveillance and audits
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education (CE) credit is not available for this course.
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