Infection Control: COVID-19 and Emerging Policies in Healthcare
Author: Noah Carpenter, MD, Dana Bartlett, RN, BSN, MSN, MA, CSPI
Noah Carpenter, MD, Dana Bartlett, RN, BSN, MSN, MA, CSPI
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Course Summary
With the changes in COVID-19 variants and infection rates worldwide, continuing review and revision of the recommended measures to prevent disease spread within a healthcare setting is needed. Preventing SARS-CoV-2 spread requires ongoing consideration of infection control practices, which should consider transmission by droplet, aerosol, and other body fluid contact. As the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 spread continues to evolve, healthcare workers depend upon current infection control and prevention measures for public safety and to help reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Course Format
Homestudy
Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Emergence and Prevalence of COVID-19
- Transmission of COVID-19
- Person-to-Person Transmission
- Fomite Transmission
- Airborne Transmission
- Non-Respiratory Routes of Transmission
- Infection Control Techniques in Healthcare
- Infection Control in Healthcare: Source Control
- Visitors
- Health Staff
- Triaging New Patients and Quarantine Procedures
- Emergency Medical and Inpatient Services
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Aerosol-Generating Procedures
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- High-Flow Oxygen
- Intubation
- Nebulizer Administration
- Discontinuing Transmission Precautions
- Recommendation for Ending Isolation
- Empiric Transmission Precautions
- Home, Nursing Home, or Long-Term Care Facility Discharges
- Post-Mortem Care
- Healthcare Workers and COVID-19 Exposure
Healthcare Professionals: COVID-19 Infection and Return to Work Criteria
- Case Study: Confirmed Case of COVID-19
- Summary