Infection Prevention and Control measures (IPC) are a set of interventions aimed at preventing the transmission of infections to patients, visitors and staff within Health facilities. The prevention of infections associated with health care (HAI) avoids unnecessary illnesses and, sometimes, even death, saves money, reduces antibiotic resistance and is essential to offer a correct quality of care.

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Learning objectives

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Summarize the most prevalent risk factors for healthcare-associated infections.
  • Recognize appropriate situations where it is necessary to apply these measures.
  • Apply all IPC measures in your daily work.

Audience

This course was originally designed for MSF staff. It is made available on Agora to all learners interested in the topic. 

Length

It should take you about 2 hours to complete this self-paced course. 

Structure

Standard Precautions

  1. Hand Hygiene. General Concepts.
  2. Hand Hygiene Procedure.
  3. Personal Protective Equipment: General Concepts.
  4. PPE: Elements
  5. PPE: Gloves
  6. Cleaning and disinfecting the environment
  7. Safe reprocessing of the reusable medical devices and equipment
  8. Sterilization
  9. Waste Management
  10. Prevention of accidental exposure to body fluids
  11. Handling of patient linen
  12. Respiratory hygiene
  13. Injection Safety

Transmission Based Precautions

  1. Contact Precautions
  2. Droplet Precautions
  3. Airborne precautions

Contact details

For technical issues, please contact agora@unicef.org