This course is part of our Foundational Course in Infection Prevention and Control. See below for links to other modules!
Course Overview
The Virginia Infection
Prevention Training Center’s foundational module, Introduction to Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE), reviews infection prevention best practices to reduce the risk
of transmission in healthcare settings. Focus will be on hand hygiene; donning
and doffing while avoiding self-contamination; N95 respirators and fit testing;
and when and how to use standard and transmission-based precautions.
Target Audience
Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals beginning their experience in infection prevention and control training and who have little to no practice in infection prevention and control concepts.
Audience examples include novice infection preventionists, clinical healthcare professionals, and nonclinical healthcare leaders, such as environmental services managers, who are seeking foundational infection prevention and control knowledge.
Overall Learning Objectives
- Review standard precautions in
healthcare settings, including effective hand hygiene, proper use of
personal protective equipment (PPE) and sharps safety.
- Understand differences in mask
types, specifically the role of an N95 respirator and rationale for fit
testing.
- Identify
indications for use of transmission based and/or enhanced barrier
precautions in diverse healthcare settings.
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course from 2/20/24 to 2/20/27. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety, then visit the VCU Continuing Medical Education activity
page to obtain your credit.
Resources
Looking for a way to
teach others about the proper way to don and doff PPE? Check out our Donning & Doffing training
video.
VIPTC’s Foundational Course in Infection Prevention and Control
The Foundational Course in Infection Prevention & Control is designed for healthcare professionals who require focused education on beginner-level infection prevention and control (IPC) concepts. The goal of the course is to provide specialized training on fundamental infection prevention subjects including vaccines, hand hygiene, microbes, personal protective equipment, waste management, and cleaning/disinfection.
Modules:
