Enteric and Respiratory Outbreak Training for Long Term Care

$29.00

15% seat discount for 10 or more seats.
These online learning modules written specifically for staff in long-term care facilities will satisfy infection control requirements and support infection control workflows.

Gastroenteritis (GI) and Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) are caused by highly infectious and contagious pathogens. Following strict infection control standards will greatly reduce the risk of transmission to patients and staff.

In this module, staff will learn early detection techniques that will help identify ARIs and GI pathogens that can avoid potential outbreaks. This module will also cover outbreak management in all areas of healthcare. This includes health care providers, environment cleaning, additional precautions, laundry, and food services.




Courses in this Group

In this module, staff will learn how to recognize and identify  signs and symptoms of Acute Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections. They will learn how to identify a potential outbreak, and how to best manage an outbreak. The course covers outbreak management for all areas: health care providers, environment cleaning, clinical and non-clincal staff, laundry, and food services.

Topics include:

  • Description & definition
  • Symptoms
  • Surveillance
  • Case definition
  • Detection & Management
  • Outbreak definitions
  • Outbreak measures for residents, staff, environmental services, laundry, maintenance, food
  • Quiz with printable results
  • Completion certificate
  • Restricted navigation so all slides must be completed

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Management module to view.

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