Infection Prevention and Control Training for Healthcare Professionals

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Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are the first line of defense against healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and the cross-transmission of germs in healthcare settings. These trainings will empower HCPs to better identify and mitigate HAI risks and occupational exposures.

Let’s Talk Patient Safety: Reducing HAI Transmission Risk
  • Module 1: “What’s the Risk?”
    In this interactive scenario, HCPs must identify infection risks and take action to protect patients, colleagues, and visitors.
  • Module 2: “Chain of Infection”
    This story-based interactive module challenges professionals to break the chain of infection in a busy healthcare environment and educates them on the consequences of not following infection prevention and control recommendations.

Topic: Infection prevention and control in healthcare

Audience: administrators, advanced practice nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses, medical assistants, other health educators, registered nurses, and any healthcare professionals involved in patient care

CE: CNE, CEU

Course link:  Let’s Talk Patient Safety: Reducing HAI Transmission RiskExternal

Continuing Education Information:  

  1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online
  2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
  3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
  4. On the “Online Search” page, type WB4105 under “Keyword Search” and click “Search.”
  5. Select the training and follow the prompts.
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Page last reviewed: March 7, 2019
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)