Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

About this Course

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Learn about the role of environment in disease transmission and how to implement standard and transmission-based precautions to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria and other infections in your facility.

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Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, English, Spanish

Instructor

Instructor rating

4.8/5 (159 Ratings)

Evelyn Cook

Associate Director

North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE)

16,612 Learners

1 Course

Learner Career Outcomes

50%

started a new career after completing these courses

32%

got a tangible career benefit from this course

14%

got a pay increase or promotion

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, English, Spanish

Offered by

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is known around the world for innovative teaching and research. Regularly ranked as the nation’s best value for academic quality, UNC has produced the most Rhodes Scholars for the past 25 years among U.S. public research universities.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

The goal of this module is to describe and discuss antibiotic resistant bacteria and how to stop these bad bugs from spreading. To obtain CE Credit for this module: Take the Quiz and complete the evaluation at the end of the module, you will be directed to your course completion certificate.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 35 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes Introduction1m

1.1 Defining antibiotic resistance7m

1.2 Understanding antibiotic resistance7m

1.3 Understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria spread8m

1.4 Controlling the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria9m

1 reading

Module Evaluation10m

1 practice exercise

Module 1 Quiz30m

Week

Week 2

1 hour to complete

Isolation Precautions

The goal of this module is to review the types of isolation and when to use them. To obtain CE Credit for this module: Take the Quiz and complete the evaluation at the end of the module, you will be directed to your course completion certificate.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 41 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

2.1 The chain of infection9m

2.2 Review of Standard Precautions12m

2.3 Contact Precautions7m

2.4 Droplet Precautions7m

2.5 Airborne Precautions4m

1 reading

Module Evaluation10m

1 practice exercise

Module 2 Quiz30m

Week

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Safe Injection Practices

The goal of this module is to identify how to protect residents and staff using safe injection practices and safe diabetes care. To obtain CE Credit for this module: Take the Quiz and complete the evaluation at the end of the module, you will be directed to your course completion certificate.

1 hour to complete

3 videos (Total 48 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

3 videos

3.1 The Big Picture16m

3.2 Safe Injection Practices13m

3.3 Safe Diabetes Care 18m

1 reading

Module Evaluation10m

1 practice exercise

Module 3 Quiz30m

Week

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Environmental Disinfection

The goal of this module is to identify and describe the process of environmental cleaning-disinfection. To obtain CE Credit for this module: Take the Quiz and complete the evaluation at the end of the module, you will be directed to your course completion certificate.

1 hour to complete

4 videos (Total 24 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

4.1 The role of the environment in disease transmission5m

4.2 How to clean the environment effectively8m

4.3 Monitoring the effectiveness of cleaning6m

4.4 Cleaning hard to kill pathogens: C. difficile and Norovirus3m

1 reading

Module Evaluation10m

1 practice exercise

Module 4 Quiz30m

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Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes