Course description
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
This course will cover the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures required in order to:
- Be prepared and ready to respond to an outbreak, in particular, the one due to COVID-19.
- Limit human to human transmission by way of implementing WHO recommended IPC interventions.
- Identify, isolate and report suspect and confirmed cases.
There are resources attached to each module to help you dive further into this topic.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
On completion of this course, you should be able to:
- define IPC and its role in the context of preparedness, readiness and response;
- describe the current epidemiological COVID-19 situation, including case definitions and signs & symptoms;
- describe source control, administrative controls and environmental and engineering controls;
- describe the WHO-recommended IPC measures for health care facilities, including when dealing with suspect or confirmed COVID-19 cases;
- describe additional IPC measures to be taken to assist in general preparedness within a health care facility.
Training Course Content
Module 1: Preparedness, readiness and IPC:
This module provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control measures for preparedness and readiness.
Module 2: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19):
its epidemiology, risk factors, definitions and symptomology:Module 2 provides an introduction to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Module 3: Standard precautions, transmission-based precautions & COVID-19 specific recommendations:
This module reviews various precautions which should be taken to prepare for and respond to COVID-19.
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