COVID-19 Altering the Landscape for Healthcare-Associated Infections: Getting Back to Basics

This course qualifies for 1 CE / 1 IPU and corresponds to the following Infection Prevention Unit (IPU) domain(s):

• Identification of Infectious Disease Processes

• Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation

• Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents

• Cleaning, Sterilization, Disinfection, Asepsis

At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Review lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic

• Demonstrate how COVID-19 impacted HAI rates

• Highlight best practices to prevent CLABSI, SSI, and MRSA

NOTE: You must complete the entire course before proceeding to the evaluation.