ILOs
- Describe standard infection control precautions and transmission based precautions
- Describe modes of transmission and prevention strategies for organisms causing hospital acquired infection
- Briefly outline the importance of infection control in tackling antimicrobial resistance
- Understand the importance of two significant causes of hospital acquired infection (S. aureus bacteraemia and C.difficile infection) and the most important steps in prevention of these
- Why does infection control matter?
- Outline how the concept of standard infection controls came about…
- What are the 10 standard principles for infection control introduced by the CDC in 1996?
- Explain what transmission based precautions are…
- Guidelines give us help in how we manage transmission based precautions…
- Infection Prevention: Scenario 1
- What are contact-based precautions?
- Infection Prevention: Scenario 2
- What are droplet-based precautions?
- Infection Prevention: Scenario 3
- What are airborne-based precautions?
- What is a positive vs negative pressure room?
- Tell us about S.aureus bacteraemia…
- How can we prevent S. aureus bacteraemia?