Course 5: Healthcare-Associated Infections And their Control practices

This advanced level course is on healthcare-associated infection prevention and control. The lessons cover core components of IPC, care bundles elaborately. This course also provides detailed coverage on quality indicators and surveillance in healthcare settings.

1. Topics and Sub-topics

1. Course Overview

  • 1. Course Overview
  • 1.1. OPEN-AMR

2. Common Healthcare Associated Infectio...

  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Overview
  • 2.3. Learning Objectives
  • 2.4. Introduction
  • 2.5. Topics to Cover
  • 2.6. Types of HAI
  • 2.7. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
  • 2.8. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
  • 2.9. Surgical site infections (SSI)
  • 2.10. Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
  • 2.11. Most common healthcare-associate Infection
  • 2.12. Risk Factors for HAI
  • 2.13. Modes of Transmission of HAI
  • 2.14. Pathophysiology
  • 2.15. Agents Causing HAI
  • 2.16. Prevention of HAI
  • 2.17. Core Components of Infection Prevention and Control
  • 2.18. IPC programs
  • 2.19. IPC guidelines
  • 2.20. IPC education and training
  • 2.21. HAI surveillance
  • 2.22. Multimodal strategies
  • 2.23. Monitoring/audit of IPC practices and Feedback
  • 2.24. Workload, staffing and bed occupancy
  • 2.25. Built environment, materials and equipment for IPC at the Facility level
  • 2.26. Summary
  • 2.27 References

3. Care Bundles

  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Overview
  • 3.3. Learning Objectives
  • 3.4. Introduction
  • 3.5. Topics to Cover
  • 3.6. History of Care Bundles
  • 3.7. Effectiveness of Care Bundles
  • 3.8. Elements of Care Bundles
  • 3.9. Benefits of Care Bundles
  • 3.10. Specific interventions
  • 3.11. Bundles for the Prevention of Centra...
  • 3.12. Components of CLABSI
  • 3.13. Bundles for the Prevention of CAUTI
  • 3.14. Components of CAUTI
  • 3.15. Bundles for the VAP
  • 3.16. Bundles for the Prevention of SSI
  • 3.17. Suggested Practices for Care Bundle...
  • 3.18. Summary
  • 3.19. References
  • 3.20. Completed

4. Quality Indicators and Surveillance final

  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Overview
  • 4.3. Learning Objectives
  • 4.4. Topics to Cover
  • 4.5. Quality Indicators
  • 4.6. Surveillance
  • 4.7. Objectives of Surveillance
  • 4.8. Steps in Surveillance for Healthcare
  • 4.9. Methods of Surveillance
  • 4.10. Surveillance Strategies
  • 4.11. Case Finding Methods
  • 4.12. Data Collection
  • 4.13. Data Analysis and Report
  • 4.14. Audits in Infection Prevention and C
  • 4.15. Objectives of an Audit
  • 4.16. Preparation of Audit Team
  • 4.17. Audit Tools
  • 4.18. Audit Methodology
  • 4.19. Clinical Audit Cycle
  • 4.20. Types of Audits
  • 4.21. Audit Reports
  • 4.22. Summary
  • 4.23. References

5. Patient Safety

  • 5.1. Patient Safety
  • 5.2. Summary

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