Course Overview
Presented by Dr. Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Carilion Clinic and Associate Professor of Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, this course provides an overview of infection prevention best practices to reduce viral respiratory infections. Topics include the etiology and impact of respiratory viral infections and preventative strategies including source control, administrative and engineering controls, standard precautions, and the role of the public health department in preventing respiratory viral infections.
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 the etiology and epidemiology of common agents responsible for viral respiratory infections
- Highlight how viral respiratory infections may be complicated by lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs)
- Discuss the impact of respiratory viral infections in the healthcare setting
- Enumerate strategies to prevent and control respiratory infection in healthcare settings
- Discuss leveraging your local health department in respiratory viral infection prevention
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.
