Topics

Epidemiology and Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

• Epidemiology and risk factors of HAIs

• Routes of transmission and sources of HAI pathogens

• Recognition and identification of HAI outbreaks

Hand Hygiene and Standard Precautions

• Importance of hand hygiene and appropriate glove use, and monitoring compliance

• Multimodal strategies to improve hand hygiene compliance

• Standard precautions and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

Transmission-Based Precautions

• Contact precautions

• Droplet precautions

• Airborne precautions

Infection Control Committees (ICC)

• Establishment, roles, authority, and responsibilities of Infection Control Committees

• Healthcare worker health: the role of the ICC and immunization

• Post-exposure prophylaxis

Diagnostic Testing

• Basic microbiological tests

• Colonization screening and diagnostic tests used in the prevention of HAIs

• Use of specimen collection and diagnostic testing in outbreak investigations

Surveillance and Definitions

• Importance and methods of surveillance

• Surveillance definitions

• Challenging cases in surveillance

Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization

• Environmental cleaning and disinfection, and waste management

• Decontamination of medical devices

• Decontamination of endoscopes and bronchoscopes

HAIs and Their Control

• Epidemiology and prevention of peripheral and central line–associated bloodstream infections

• Epidemiology and prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

• Epidemiology and prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia

• Epidemiology and prevention of ventilator-associated events/pneumonia

• Epidemiology and prevention of surgical site infections