This course presents the principles of transmission-based precautions and strategies to apply them in daily practice. It differentiates between transmission-based precautions and standard precautions, and identifies when and how to implement the appropriate precautions. All information is in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC (2007), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS (2016) guidelines regarding infection control and prevention. Your organization will have specific policies and procedures regarding how these types of precautions are implemented, so be sure you are familiar with your organization’s specific guidelines, as well.
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO1731213
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
A. About This Course
B. Learning Objectives
Section 2: Standard vs. Transmission-Based Precautions
A. Meet Rosie
B. Infection Control and Prevention
C. Hand Hygiene
D. Personal Protective Equipment
E. Other Components
F. Review
G. Summary
Section 3: Strategies for Practice
A. Contact Precautions
B. Droplet Precautions
C. Airborne Precautions
D. Remember Rosie
E. Applying and Removing PPE
F. Special Considerations
G. Review
H. Summary
Section 4: Conclusion
I. Summary
J. Course Contributor
K. Resources
L. References
M. Congratulations!
Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”
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