Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Gastrointestinal Infections

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Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Gastrointestinal Infections provides essential information on infectious gastroenteritis and an overview of common gastrointestinal (GI) infections. Topics include transmission precautions, staff policies, antimicrobial stewardship, and best practices regarding Clostridiodes difficile and Norovirus.

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

Review microbes that can cause infectious gastroenteritis and discuss common gastrointestinal (GI) infections
Discuss key GI infection prevention best practices and evidence behind them
Discuss burden of Clostridiodes difficile infection and practices to prevent infection
Discuss burden of Norovirus infection and practices to prevent infection
Review Norovirus outbreak experience

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for this course until May 1, 2026. Once viewed, please visit the activity page to obtain your credit.

Resources

The latest C. diff guidance and prevention resources
The latest C. diff educational resources, including how to optimize antibiotic therapy to minimize the risk of C. diff infection
FREE print materials (search “C. diff” under “Programs”, then click “Apply”)
Answers to frequently asked questions about C. diff
Christian Lillis’s blog about C.diff and the potential risks and harms of antibiotic overuse

Visit CDC’s C. diff website to learn more.

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