INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

This course provides students with an opportunity to advance knowledge and skills in infection prevention and control (IPAC) in contemporary healthcare practice. Students will gain an understanding of the core competencies for IPAC. Diverse principles and practices associated with routine practices, additional precautions, program evaluation, surveillance and outbreak management, emergency management, disinfection methods. Students will be able to apply these IPAC skills and concepts to a broad environment of care and its overall impact in public health.