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Infection Prevention and Control - Transmission Based Precautions

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Infection Prevention and Control - Transmission Based Precautions

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This course is in the base subscription pack

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Category

Health, Disability and Aged Care

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Course Duration

0:30

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Subject Matter Expert

Sue Atkins, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services Regional Infection Control Advisor

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Provider

Kineo Courses

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Countries

AU

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Endorser

The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

This activity has been endorsed by APNA according to approved quality standards criteria. Completion of these educational activities entitles eligible participants to claim 30 CPD minutes.

This course has been developed to give the learner an understanding of how to apply standard precautions in your workplace, as well as the role they play in reducing the risk of infection.

Target Audience

This course is suitable for all clinical staff.

Learning Outcomes

This course will provide an understanding of:

transmission-based precautions used in healthcare environments to prevent and control infection
what contact precautions are and how to use them against contact with infectious agents
what droplet precautions are and how to use them to prevent infection transmission, and
what airborne precautions are and how to use them against infectious agents.

Transmission-based precautions are used alongside standard precautions. You should have a good understanding of basic microbiology and standard precautions used in infection prevention and control, before completing this course.

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