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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Intermediate level

Some related experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

99 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

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 videos Total 38 minutes

Course Overview Video (3:19) 3 minutes
Basic Tenets of Infection Control 5 minutes
Advice from the Experts 6 minutes
Donning PPE: Level 1 4 minutes
Doffing PPE: Level 1 7 minutes
Donning PPE: PAPR Level 5 minutes
Doffing PPE: PAPR Level 7 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Required Readings and Resources 10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Basic Tenets of Infection Control Quiz 30 minutes
Personal Protective Equipment Quiz 30 minutes
Infection Control Basics and Personal Protection Equipment Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Infection Control Basics Discussion 10 minutes
Personal Protective Equipment Discussion 10 minutes

What's included

7 videos5 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videos Total 51 minutes

The Black Death, Influenza Pandemic and Smallpox 6 minutes
Ebola: Africa 1979-2015 9 minutes
Ebola: Africa 2014-2015 5 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 readings Total 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 Resources 10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Historical Era Quiz 30 minutes
Modern Era Quiz 30 minutes
Disease Containment: Historical and Modern Era Examples Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Historical Era Discussion 10 minutes
Modern Era Discussion 10 minutes

What's included

6 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts

6 videos Total 51 minutes

High Level Biocontainment 8 minutes
Diagnostics Imagining 7 minutes
Laboratory and Infection Prevention 10 minutes
Assembly, Recruitment, Structure and Culture of the Team 7 minutes
Communication and Training the Team 9 minutes
Mental and Occupational Health of the Team 10 minutes

1 reading Total 10 minutes

Required Readings and Resources 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

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

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

The Location Discussion 10 minutes
The Team Discussion 10 minutes

What's included

7 videos2 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videos Total 40 minutes

Point of Entry Screening 6 minutes
Inbound Transportation: Planning and Community Collaboration of Patients 9 minutes
The Financial Costs of Biocontainment 5 minutes
Caring for Pediatric Patients 5 minutes
Fatality Management 6 minutes
Risk Communications 7 minutes
Final Thoughts from the Experts 3 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Required Readings and Resources 10 minutes
Required Readings and Resources 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Patient Intake Quiz 30 minutes
Biocontainment: Other Considerations Quiz 30 minutes
Biocontainment: Patient Intake and Other Considerations Discussion Forum Participation Statement of Completion 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Biocontainment: Patient Intake Discussion 10 minutes
Biocontainment: Other Considerations Discussion Board 10 minutes

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Sharon Medcalf, PhD

University of Nebraska

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Reviewed on Nov 26, 2020

A fantastic informative and educational course that I would recommend to anyone interested in public health. The videos were excellent and the lecturers were brilliant.

Reviewed on Dec 11, 2020

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

Reviewed on May 27, 2020

Very enjoyable course - the examples were pertinent and instructive especially given the Ebola experience - this organization set the standard!

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