Infection Control

8 Lessons

1 hour 26 mins

Complexity : Easy

Understanding Infections: Explore the basics of infections and how they spread, emphasizing the importance of infection control.

Hand Hygiene: Learn about the effectiveness of hand cleanliness in preventing illnesses and how to properly wash and disinfect your hands.

Hygienic Environment: Understand the role of a clean environment in infection prevention and control, including tips for maintaining cleanliness.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Discover the appropriate use and disposal of PPE, such as masks and gloves, to prevent the spread of infections.

Breaking the Infection Chain: Learn about the infection chain and strategies to break it, including measures to stop the spread of infections between individuals.

Lessons

Brief Description of the Course “Infection Control”
Easy
3 mins

Infection control and prevention is a major challenge for health care systems all across the globe. There is a vital opportunity to reduce avoidable morbidity and mortality through improvements to infection control such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Module 1: The Course Structure
Easy
2 mins

In module 1 “introduction to infection control” we will give you a brief overview of the course. It will commence by defining infection prevention and control and the impact of good and bad infection control on patients staff and employers.
Module 2: Infection Prevention and Control
Easy
18 mins

In module 2, we will discuss about infection prevention and control and the impact of infection. According to World Health Organization (WHO) says infection prevention and control measures aimed to make certain the protection of those who might be vulnerable to requiring an infection both in the general community and while receiving care due to health problems in a range of settings.
Module 3: The Different Microorganisms
Easy
16 mins

There are four common types of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Microorganisms are living things to grow and multiply. They need an adequate food source, warmth, moisture in time. Some also need oxygen or to be shielded from direct light.
Module 4: How Bacteria are Transmitted?
Easy
7 mins

Microorganisms are capable of causing disease or pathogens usually enter our bodies through the mouth, eyes, nose or urogenital openings or through wounds or bites that breached the skin barrier. Microorganisms can spread or be transmitted by several routes.
Module 5: The Chain of Infection
Easy
13 mins

Most of the infectious diseases follow a chain of infection that ends with an infected host. The chain of infection is made-up of six different links the infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of transmission, portal of entry, and the new susceptible host.
Module 6: The Control and Prevention of Infection
Easy
18 mins

In this module, we will discuss about the control and prevention of infection. An overview of the areas we need to address if we are to establish and maintain effective hygiene practices such as good hand hygiene, correct use and disposal of PPE, handling and disposal of waste, cleaning and decontamination.
Module 7: Cleaning and Decontamination
Easy
9 mins

A general term used to describe the destruction or removal of microbial contamination to render an item or the environment safe. The term decontamination includes sterilization, disinfection and cleaning.