Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

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This course is part of our Intermediate Course in Infection Prevention and Control. See below for links to other modules!

Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s intermediate module, Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs), offers healthcare professionals a detailed look at SSI surveillance and prevention strategies. This course explores key reportable SSIs, the latest best practices for antimicrobial prophylaxis, essential process of care metrics, and the effectiveness of bundled interventions. Participants will gain insight into evidence-based approaches to reduce surgical site infections and improve patient safety.

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 key reportable surgical site infections (SSI) and outline surveillance requirements and processes
Outline key SSI prevention best practices and evidence behind them
Review key process of care metrics associated with SSI prevention and how ideally these should be collected and reported out
Discuss the value of a bundled approach to SSI prevention

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course from 9/25/2023 to 9/25/2026. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety, then visit the VCU Continuing Medical Education activity page to obtain your credit.

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VIPTC’s Intermediate Course in Infection Prevention and Control

The Intermediate Course in Infection Prevention & Control is designed for those leading infection prevention efforts for their organizations and will focus on implementation science, epidemiologic methods for surveillance and basic biostatistical data analysis, interpretation of the literature for evidence-based practice, and leadership training.

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