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Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in health care and community settings

Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in health care and community settings

This course consists of 4 modules that provide an overview of the WHO Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) guideline for health care and community settings.

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Idioma: English
COVID-19

Informações do curso

This course is also available in the following languages:

русский - 日本語 - français - Bahasa Indonesia - Español - Português - Italiano - српски језик - 中文 - македонски јазик - Türkçe - język polski - Tiếng Việt - العربية - Nederlands - Tetun - বাংলা - فارسي - Soomaaliga - සිංහල -ภาษาไทย -தமிழ் - Казақ тілі - ქართული ენა

Overview:

This course will cover the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures required to:

  • Be ready to respond to caring for patients with COVID-19 in health care settings
  • Limit human to human transmission by way of implementing WHO recommended IPC interventions.
  • Mitigate transmission in community settings through implementation of public health and social measures

Course duration: Approximately 1 hour.

Certificates: A Certificate of Achievement will be available to participants who score at least 80% in the final assessment. Participants who receive a Certificate of Achievement can also download an Open Badge for this course. Click here to learn how.

O que você vai aprender

  • Describe the IPC measures in health-care settings recommended to prevent transmission
  • Explain the required personal protective equipment (PPE) and steps for putting on and removing PPE when caring for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
  • Describe public health and social measures that can be used to mitigate transmission in community settings.

Conteúdo do curso

  • Introduction:

    This introductory module provides an overview of the infection prevention and control for COVID-19 guideline.
  • Module 1a: IPC principle and practices for COVID-19 in health-care settings:

    The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of WHO IPC guideline for COVID-19 and highlight recommendations and implementation considerations for health-care settings. At the end of this module participants will: describe IPC recommendations for patients with suspect and confirmed COVID-19 in health-care settings; identify initial actions for when providing care to patients with symptoms of COVID-19; apply IPC measures based on a risk assessment, including the selection and use of PPE, and describe the contextual factors, strategies and implementation considerations to apply IPC recommendations and adapt to settings.
  • Module 1b: Practical IPC measures for COVID-19 in health-care facilities:

    The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of WHO IPC guideline for COVID-19 and highlight recommendations and implementation considerations for health-care settings. At the end of this module participants will: identify actions for implementing screening and triage of patients with signs and symptoms of COVID-19; describe the source control measures in a health facility to prevent transmission of COVID-19including the use of masks, and describe specific IPC measures applicable to the prevention and control of COVID-19 transmission in health facilities.
  • Module 2: Steps to put on and take off PPE in the context of COVID-19:

    This module provides a video demonstration of the steps for safely putting and removing the PPE required when caring for patients with suspected of confirmed COVID-19 .
  • Module 3: Preventing, identifying and managing health and care exposure:

    The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of WHO IPC guideline for COVID-19 and highlight recommendations for preventing, identifying and managing health and care worker exposures. At the end of this module participants will: describe methods for screening of health and care workers; list strategies and resource implications for testing of health and care workers; explain the considerations for managing health and care worker exposures, and describe when infected health and care workers should isolate and the duration of isolation.
  • Module 4a : Practices and principles for community mitigation measures:

    The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of WHO IPC guideline for COVID-19 and highlight recommendations community mitigation measures. At the end of this module participants will: provide an overview of COVID-19 recommended measures to mitigate the risk and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the community; describe protective measures when providing care to persons with suspect or confirmed COVID-19, and consider situational risk and other contextual factors, strategies and implementation considerations for community settings.
  • Module 4b: Community mitigation measures for the community:

    The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of WHO IPC guideline for COVID-19 and highlight recommendations community mitigation measures. At the end of this module participants will: provide an overview of COVID-19 recommended measures to mitigate the risk and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the community; describe protective measures when providing care to persons with suspect or confirmed COVID-19, and consider situational risk and other contextual factors, strategies and implementation considerations for community settings

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Requisitos de certificado

  • Ganhe um registro de conquista ao ganhar mais de 80% do número máximo de pontos de todas as tarefas com nota.
  • Ganhe um Open Badge ao concluir o curso.