Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities

Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities

2 days to complete (Self paced) , Vidoes & Interactive Content, 100% online ,
Certification upon completion.

About This Course

Doing an infection control course can help ensure patient safety in medical facilities. “Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are one of the frequently encountered patient safety incidents in care delivery and poses a major public health challenge impacting on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. The prevalence of HAIs in mixed patient populations of low to middle -income countries (like South Africa) is approximately twice that of high-income countries. These infections also present a significant economic burden at the societal and health facility level. Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes have been proven to be one of the cornerstones for combating HAIs and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)” Dr T Pillay (acting Director-General: Health. March, 2022).

As you can see from this quote, it is possible to prevent HAIs through infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes . This programme will explain these IPCs in a lot more detail and aims to equip healthcare professionals with standard infection prevention control measures, to prevent the outbreak and spread of infections in Health facilities in South Africa.

The MANCOSA skillME Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities short learning programme (SLP) has been developed by industry experts to provide healthcare professionals with a robust understanding of how to develop and implement standard infection prevention control measures, to prevent the outbreak and spread of infections in South African healthcare facilities.

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Modules

  • Standard precautions
  • Use of PPE (personal protective equipment)
  • Use of antiseptics, disinfectants and detergents
  • Safe handling of linen and laundry
  • Healthcare waste management
  • Decontamination of medical devices
  • Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
  • Placement of patient
  • Principles of asepsis
  • Environmental cleaning
  • Injection safety, prevention of injuries from sharp instruments, post exposure prophylaxis and medical surveillance

Certification

Upon successful completion of this SLP, students will receive an automatically generated Certificate of Completion backed by MANCOSA and issued through blockchain.

Blockchain certificates, can be easily shared with your network and are easily verified by employers and recruitment agencies.

Accreditation

Accreditation No. (General & Ethics)
MDB017/008/07/2023 – MDB017/009/07/2023
CPD Points: 6 (Clinical)

Reviews

Barry M

Absolutely love these short learning programmes, if possible please add more courses. Otherwise all is well, keep it up.

Sipiwe S

Enjoyed the foundation digital transformation course. Thank you.

Your tutor

Dr Madelein Duvenhage

Madelein holds a Diploma in Nursing, with Midwifery, Psychiatry and Community health from Ann Latsky Nursing College. She has worked as a Phlebotomy sister at Ampath and Pathcare laboratory.

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