Hospital associated infections are a leading cause of increased morbidity and mortality in patients and healthcare workers. They add to the health expenses of the country which is already unable to provide essential requirements. Most importantly these infections can be prevented by implementing proper infection control programs.
The main obstacle to achieving this goal is the inadequacy of healthcare personnel trained in infectious disease and infection control. This course is aimed at developing skills and knowledge on infection control among healthcare workers and thereby achieving better standards of infection control in hospitals.
e- learning Postgraduate Certificate course in Infection Prevention & Control is a 6 months on-line program conducted by the Department of Microbiology.
At the completion of this course the participants will be able to,
- acquire a good knowledge on the principles of infection prevention and control (IPC) and be able to apply them in their work settings
- Identify the link between suboptimal IPC practices and increased rates of hospital acquired infections affecting patients safety
- maintain the expected standards of infection control during various procedures and in different settings
- identify procedures and practices in work settings that increase the risk of hospital associated infections
- implement behavior change strategies on implementing IPC and evaluate the outcome
- recognize impending outbreaks of hospital acquired infections early and act to prevent further spread
- manage special situations such as outbreaks with the infection control team
- apply principles of hospital waste management as a component of IPC
- establish, monitor and evaluate an infection prevention and control programme in a health care setting
- acquire skills on communication, team work and Interprofessional collaboration
- Duration: 6 months
- Credit Hours: 100
- SLQF level: 7
- Pass GCE (O/L) with credit pass in English
AND
- At least 2 years experience in health care setting & currently employ health care sector Medical officers.
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- on-line based
- End of module assessment for all the online modules.
Both internal and external
- Course Fee: Rs. 30,000/-
Dr.Nilanthi Senanayake,
(Program Coordinator)
+94 695 300 ext. 154