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May 05, 2024
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Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PUBH 280 Essential Infection Control Principles and Practices5 credits
This course provides an overview of the role of the infection prevention and control program in healthcare. Students will identify infectious disease processes commonly used to identify healthcare-associated pathogens, design and assess surveillance systems to be used in the healthcare setting, and then demonstrate how to collect, compile, and interpret surveillance data. Students will discuss and differentiate the need for various infection prevention and control strategies commonly implemented, such as hand hygiene campaigns. Examples of quality improvement projects related to these strategies will also be presented. Students will work on developing strategies specific to the settings where they work.
Prerequisites: ABED 40 (or placement into MATH 87 or higher) and ABED 46 (or placement into ENGL 93 or higher)
Course Outcomes
Upon successfully completing this course students will be able to:
- Introduce the principles of identifying healthcare-associated infections, organisms resistant to antimicrobial agents, or organisms that are epidemiologically important
- Identify strategies for infection surveillance in healthcare settings
- Communicate information about exposure to communicable diseases
- Apply appropriate prevention and control strategies in healthcare settings
- Explain the impact that healthcare associated infections have on patient safety
Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50
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