Deploying The CHIP Program In Your Institution

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Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s Deploying the CHIP Program in Your Institution module covers the ins and outs of implementation of a CHIP program. This module is the second in a series of three modules for implementing a CHIP program.

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 of CHIP Team Structure
Develop recruitment strategies to build a team
Anticipate barriers to participation in infection prevention and identify potential solutions
Recognize opportunities to demonstrate and promote the positive impacts of your program
Formulate a plan for receiving and incorporating feedback into your program

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course until 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.

VIPTC’s Champions of Healthcare in Infection Prevention

VIPTC has created the following series of videos to help you build or strengthen your CHIP program in your facility. Also included in the Intermediate and Advanced Courses in Infection Prevention & Control, these modules together give specific focus to building and maintaining a CHIP program. Topics include the foundations of building a CHIP program, how to implement a CHIP program in your facility and possible challenges, and how to sustain and adapt your CHIP program over time. To view the other modules, please see the links below.

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