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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Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes
The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAbout this Course
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Learner Career Outcomes
15%
started a new career after completing these courses
26%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
11%
got a pay increase or promotion
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Approx. 8 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), 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
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
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
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
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
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM INFECTION PREVENTION IN NURSING HOMES
by SYApr 24, 2020
Very informative course. I've already gained knowledge about infection, to prevent and control infection. So, I would like to pay my thankfulness to all the staffs participated in this course.
by SAug 2, 2020
This is a very good course, it has explained about infection and its prevention very well, one should make an improvement in this course that study material should also be provided as PDF.
by OSMay 26, 2020
IT WAS INTERESTING TO GET MY SKILL , QUALIFICATION, AND TRAINING WITH COURSERA,I AM VERY HAPPY AND RECOMMENDED ANYONE WHO wants TO JOIN WITH COURSERA, THIS COURSE HAS HIGH MOTIVATION
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