Course Description: This course covers the prevention and control of infections in ICU settings. Participants will learn about infection control protocols, hand hygiene, and strategies to minimize the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) to ensure a safe environment for patients and healthcare workers.
Course Outcomes:
- Understand the principles of infection control in ICU.
- Implement effective infection control protocols.
- Ensure proper hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Minimize the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
- Enhance patient safety through rigorous infection control practices.
Objectives:
- Identify key principles of infection control in ICU.
- Develop and implement infection control protocols.
- Ensure proper hand hygiene and use of PPE.
- Monitor and evaluate infection control practices.
- Conduct surveillance for healthcare-associated infections.
- Educate healthcare staff about infection control.
- Develop strategies to minimize the risk of HAIs.
- Address common challenges in infection control.
- Collaborate with infection control teams for comprehensive care.
- Review case studies to apply infection control techniques in real-world settings.
Units:
- Introduction to Infection Control in ICU
- Principles of Infection Control
- Hand Hygiene and Use of PPE
- Developing Infection Control Protocols
- Monitoring and Evaluating Infection Control Practices
- Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Educating Healthcare Staff about Infection Control
- Minimizing the Risk of HAIs
- Collaboration with Infection Control Teams
- Case Studies and Practical Applications
