Prevention and Control of Infections in Healthcare Workers

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Course Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center's course on Prevention and Control of Infections in Healthcare Workers provides a comprehensive overview of how to keep healthcare personnel safe from contracting infections. This presentation covers methods for reducing occupational risk of infection and exposure mechanisms to specific pathogens.

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

Outline methods for reducing occupational risk of infection for healthcare workers
Recognize exposure mechanisms for healthcare workers to bloodborne and respiratory pathogens
Explain the use of an occupational infection risk evaluation after a possible infectious exposure
List causes of bloodborne pathogens (HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C)
Identify components of OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Program in healthcare settings

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

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