Hospital Infection Prevention
You'll be able to select and apply the correct isolation precautions, evaluate hand hygiene compliance, and reason through outbreak response steps with current guideline support.
What this track covers
This track covers core infection prevention practice in acute care settings, including isolation precaution categories, hand hygiene programs, and prevention bundles for common healthcare-associated infections. It also addresses outbreak investigation, environmental cleaning protocols, and surveillance reporting frameworks used to track infection control performance.
What you will practice
- Choosing standard, contact, droplet, or airborne precautions for a given presentation
- Applying the WHO 5 Moments framework to a patient care sequence
- Selecting bundle elements for CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, and VAP prevention
- Structuring the initial steps of an outbreak investigation and contact tracing
- Distinguishing terminal cleaning requirements from routine disinfection
Simulator scenario
A virtual patient develops new fever and loose stools on a medical floor, and the clinician must decide on isolation precautions and initial outbreak containment steps.
Board question topics
- Isolation precaution selection by pathogen and transmission route
- Hand hygiene indications and monitoring methods
- HAI prevention bundle components
- Outbreak investigation and surveillance definitions
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