Infection Control and Barrier Precautions
Contact Hours: 3
What's included?
Course Overview
This course covers infection control and prevention for nurses, emphasizing the importance of safety for patients and healthcare workers. It focuses on understanding pathogen transmission and implementing effective prevention strategies to maintain a safe patient care environment.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Element I – Infection Control and Prevention Overview
- Element II – Modes of Transmission
- Element III – Infection Control in the Workplace
- Element IV – Defining PPE
- Element V – Maintaining a Safe Environment
- Element VI – Health Assessment
- Element VII – Sepsis Awareness
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, the learner will rate 4 out of 5 on the Likert Scale for their ability to:
- Describe common clinical symptoms, including severe symptoms, of sepsis
- Describe educational strategies for infection control and prevention
- List strategies for preventing transmission of pathogenic organisms and describe how infection control concepts are applied in professional health practice.
- Describe specific measures to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens from patient to patient, healthcare worker to patient, and healthcare worker via contaminated injection equipment.
- Recognize strategies for and the importance of effective and appropriate pre-cleaning, chemical disinfection, and sterilization of instruments and medical devices to prevent the transmission of bloodborne pathogens.
Accreditations and Approvals
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (P0614)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 17418)
- Kentucky Board of Nursing (7-0090)
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing (58)
- Florida Board of Nursing (50-23983)
- Delaware Board of Nursing (DE-24-010127)
- Alabama Board of Nursing (#ABNP1577)
- Iowa Board of Nursing (#393)
- Kansas Board of Nursing (LT0340-0325)
Approved by the Board of Nursing in every state, you can complete your RN, LVN, and APRN CEUs with confidence.
Accreditation Statement
Nursing CE Central LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
It will take the average learner 180 minutes to complete and awards 3 contact hours of continuing education.
Written For
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)
Requirements for Completion
- Enrollment in the course by the learner
- Read and learn all course materials
- Complete the course evaluation
- Attest and testify learning of the course materials
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts, or any contributors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
