New York State: Infection Control Training

Course Code: REL-ALL-0-NYSICTR

Hours: 4

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028

Learning Objectives:
Analyze engineering controls, safe injection practices, and work practice controls.
Recognize at least three occupational health strategies for protecting healthcare workers and consumers of care.
Recall the correct use and strategies for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
Determine mechanisms of disease transmission and factors that influence the outcome of exposure.
Define the basics of sepsis and related evaluation and management strategies for sepsis.
Recognize the circumstances that require the use of barriers and PPE.
Identify responsibilities related to infection prevention and control practices, and the consequences of failing to comply.
Indicate the legal requirements for educating healthcare providers about infection prevention and control practices in New York State.

Outline:

Section 1: New York Education Requirements

Legal Requirements

Review

Key Takeaways

Section 2: Principles and Practices of Infection Control

Element 1

Implications of Conduct Standards

Review

Key Takeaways

Section 3: Transmission of Pathogens

The Chain of Infection

Exposure Outcomes

Controlling Routes of Transmission

Hand Hygiene

Personal Protective Equipment

Review

Key Takeaways

Section 4: Engineering and Work Practice Controls

High-Risk Practices & Procedures

Ensuring Safe Practices

Review

Key Takeaways

Section 5: Barriers and Personal Protective Equipment

Preventing Contact with Infectious Materials

CDC Guidelines

Review

Key Takeaways

Section 6: Principles and Practices for A Safe Environment

Creating a Safe Environment

Reprocessing

Risks in the Healthcare Setting

Review

Key Takeaways

Section 7: Communicable Disease in Healthcare Workers

Principles of Controlling Infectious Disease