Understanding Infections and Microbiology for IPC
Understand the basics of infections and microbiology, get introduced to IPC principles, and learn about transmission, chain of infections, hand hygiene and precautions in this informative module.
Introduction to Microbiology
Introduction to Bacteria
Introduction to Viruses
Introduction to Fungi
Introduction to Parasites
Transmission of micro-organisms
The Chain of infection
How to break the chain of infection?
Scenarios related to the chain of transmission / the chain of infection
Standard Precautions
Hand Hygiene - Golden Rule
Hand hygiene and HAIs
Visual representation of transmission risk
Importance of point-of-care concept and the practice of hand hygiene
Moments for hand hygiene
Hand hygiene TECHNIQUES
Hand hygiene (HH) compliance
The Approach for monitoring HH compliance
The WHO ‘’My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’’ Model
Hand Hygiene : Multimodal interventions
Hand Hygiene Monitoring Methods
Introduction to Immunology
Introduction to Pathology
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
Real-life scenarios
Quiz - Scenario 1
Quiz - Scenario 2
Quiz - Scenario 3
Two real-life scenarios with their potential solutions
Final Quiz