Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Plan CDC Certified
This is an all levels course offering CPH, CME, and CNE — Free
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CEU

CPH
CME
CNE

Cost

Free

Tags

CDC Certified

Time to Start

< 3 minutes

Length

20.00 hours

Overview

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This course will provide infection prevention and control (IPC) training for individuals responsible for IPC programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by front-line staff. The course will include information about the core activities of an effective IPC program, with a detailed explanation of recommended IPC practices to prevent pathogen transmission and reduce healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Additionally, this course will provide helpful implementation resources (e.g., training tools, checklists, signs, and policy and procedure templates).

The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course is made up of 24 modules and submodules addressing a variety of topics including an overview of the IPC program and the role of the infection preventionist, infection surveillance and outbreak management, infection prevention practices such as hand hygiene, and antibiotic stewardship. The modules are listed below: 

What You'll Learn

  1. Identify the ways pathogens spread in nursing homes.
  2. List risk factors among nursing home residents that contribute to the development of healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance.
  3. Identify recommended infection prevention and control (IPC) practices for the detection, prevention, and control of pathogen transmission in nursing homes.
  4. Identify strategies for implementing the core activities of the IPC program.
  5. Describe how the infection preventionist (IP) works with nursing home staff and key partners (e.g., QAA committee, health departments, consultants) to implement IPC practices.

Competency Terms

Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Science Skills

Related Occupations

Physician Assistant
Public health - multiple occupations will benefit
Public Health Manager/Program Manager
Registered Nurse - Unspecified

Related Job Tasks

Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health

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