High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities

High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities

Instructors: Sharon Medcalf, PhD

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 week to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

138 reviews

Intermediate level

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1 week to complete

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Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

The goal of this 4-week course is to equip learners to safely care for a patient infected with a pathogen requiring high-level biocontainment. This can be accomplished in any healthcare facility given the correct approach and protocols.

Please copy and paste the following link into a new tab/browser to view the video overview of our course. http://bit.ly/2bPZ6Cz In this course, we will: 1. Discuss the essentials of intake screening. 2. Investigate pathogen transmission characteristics and the chain of infection. 3. Examine patient placement in a facility, as well as the engineering/ administrative controls. 4. Review personal protective equipment worn by the care providers. 5. Evaluate waste management and decontamination protocols. We look forward to exploring and learning with you! Dr. Medcalf and University of Nebraska Medical Center Team This project was funded by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health

What's included

7 videos2 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 38 minutes

Course Overview Video (3:19)3 minutes
Basic Tenets of Infection Control5 minutes
Advice from the Experts6 minutes
Donning PPE: Level 14 minutes
Doffing PPE: Level 17 minutes
Donning PPE: PAPR Level5 minutes
Doffing PPE: PAPR Level7 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Required Readings and Resources10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Basic Tenets of Infection Control Quiz30 minutes
Personal Protective Equipment Quiz30 minutes
Infection Control Basics and Personal Protection Equipment Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Infection Control Basics Discussion10 minutes
Personal Protective Equipment Discussion10 minutes

What's included

7 videos5 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 51 minutes

The Black Death, Influenza Pandemic and Smallpox6 minutes
Ebola: Africa 1979-20159 minutes
Ebola: Africa 2014-20155 minutes
SARS in Toronto (Part 1)9 minutes
SARS in Toronto (Part 2)5 minutes
SARS in Toronto (Part 3)7 minutes
Copy of SARS in Toronto (Part 1)9 minutes

5 readingsTotal 50 minutes

The Histories Part 93: The Black Death (video link)10 minutes
Influenza 1918 PBS America (video link)10 minutes
What is Smallpox? (video link)10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Historical Era Quiz30 minutes
Modern Era Quiz30 minutes
Disease Containment: Historical and Modern Era Examples Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Historical Era Discussion10 minutes
Modern Era Discussion10 minutes

What's included

6 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts

6 videosTotal 51 minutes

High Level Biocontainment8 minutes
Diagnostics Imagining7 minutes
Laboratory and Infection Prevention10 minutes
Assembly, Recruitment, Structure and Culture of the Team7 minutes
Communication and Training the Team9 minutes
Mental and Occupational Health of the Team10 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Required Readings and Resources10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

High Level Biocontainment Quiz30 minutes
High Level Biocontainment Team Quiz30 minutes
High Level Biocontainment in Hospitals: The Location and Team Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion.30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

The Location Discussion10 minutes
The Team Discussion10 minutes

What's included

7 videos2 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 40 minutes

Point of Entry Screening6 minutes
Inbound Transportation: Planning and Community Collaboration of Patients9 minutes
The Financial Costs of Biocontainment5 minutes
Caring for Pediatric Patients5 minutes
Fatality Management6 minutes
Risk Communications7 minutes
Final Thoughts from the Experts3 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Required Readings and Resources10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Patient Intake Quiz30 minutes
Biocontainment: Other Considerations Quiz30 minutes
Biocontainment: Patient Intake and Other Considerations Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Biocontainment: Patient Intake Discussion10 minutes
Biocontainment: Other Considerations Discussion Board10 minutes

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Reviewed on Nov 10, 2020

High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities is very informatic and wonderful course

Reviewed on Apr 12, 2023

excellent way of teaching and every topic is up to dated .

Reviewed on Dec 11, 2020

I found this very educational experience. Glad I found this course.

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