Core safety courseCourse CHCA 103
Infection Prevention & Control
Course CHCA 103: Explain the chain of infection; Demonstrate 100% competency in hand hygiene and PPE donning and doffing.
Learning outcomes
- Explain the chain of infection
- Demonstrate 100% competency in hand hygiene and PPE donning and doffing
Topics covered
- Microbiology basics: bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa
- Chain of infection: the six links
- How to break the chain at each link
- Modes of transmission: contact, droplet, airborne, vehicle, vector
- Hand hygiene: 5 moments (WHO) and the 6-step technique
- Personal protective equipment: donning and doffing order
- Isolation precautions: contact, droplet, airborne
- Cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation and bleach dilution
- Waste segregation and colour coding
- Healthcare-associated infections (HAI): CAUTI and SSI
Practical work
Hand wash with glow-gel UV test, PPE return demonstration, blood-spill cleaning, waste segregation, mask fit check
Teaching methods
Lecture, UV glow-gel demonstration, return demonstration
Assessment
OSCE: hand hygiene (10 steps) and PPE (15 steps) must score 100% to pass
20% of the final exam
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