9 Topics
5 Days
26 Sessions
Programme Overview
Training Description
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is a shared responsibility across every level of a healthcare organization. A multidisciplinary approach ensures robust safety standards are embedded into daily operations:
1. Clinical Staff: Doctors, nurses, surgeons, and dental professionals who manage direct patient care, invasive procedures, and antimicrobial prescribing.
2. Infection Control Professionals: Dedicated IPC practitioners, hospital epidemiologists, and infection control nurses responsible for active surveillance, outbreak management, and policy enforcement.
3. Support & Environmental Services (EVS): Housekeeping, janitorial, and facilities management staff who handle terminal room cleaning, medical waste disposal, and facility ventilation systems.
4. Laboratory & Pharmacy Personnel: Microbiology lab staff responsible for pathogen identification and tracking antimicrobial resistance (AMR), alongside pharmacists managing antimicrobial stewardship programs.
5. Healthcare Administration & Facility Leadership: Hospital executives, operations managers, and procurement officers who allocate resources, ensure adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), and maintain regulatory compliance.
6. Students & Trainees: Medical, nursing, and allied health students to establish core safety habits early in their clinical careers.
Session Objectives
- Analyze the chain of infection and identify vulnerabilities within clinical workflows where pathogen transmission can be intercepted.
- Execute proper hand hygiene techniques and standard precautions consistently across all patient care environments.
- Demonstrate correct selection, donning, and doffing procedures for all categories of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to minimize exposure risks.
- Implement evidence-based prevention bundles to eliminate device-associated infections (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP) and surgical site infections.
About the Course
Welcome to the training on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)—infections that patients acquire while receiving medical care—represent one of the most widespread and serious safety threats in healthcare delivery worldwide. Every day, millions of patients are affected by HAIs, leading to prolonged hospitalizations, long-term physical complications, rising healthcare costs, and preventable loss of life.
Infection prevention and control provides the scientific framework and practical application designed to stop the transmission of infectious agents within healthcare environments. It merges microbiology, clinical practice, and operational systems to protect patients, healthcare workers, and visitors alike.
Why This Training Matters
Modern healthcare environments concentrate highly vulnerable individuals alongside diverse microbial threats. Historically, infection control was often treated reactively—implemented only after an outbreak or crisis occurred. Modern IPC relies on a proactive, standard-precautions-first mindset where safety protocols are seamlessly woven into everyday clinical workflows.
By the end of this program, participants will be equipped to break the chain of infection, protect themselves and their patients, and foster an organizational culture dedicated to safety and hygiene.
Curriculum & Topics
9 Topics | 26 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1:
Overview of infectious agents (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites).
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Workshop 1.2:
The Six Links of the Chain of Infection (Infectious Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, Susceptible Host).
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Workshop 1.3:
Understanding colonization versus infection.
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Workshop 2.1:
The bedrock of IPC: Core principles of standard precautions for all patient interactions.
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Workshop 2.2:
The World Health Organization's (WHO) "5 Moments for Hand Hygiene".
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Workshop 2.3:
Proper techniques for handwashing with soap and water versus alcohol-based hand rub usage.
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Workshop 3.1:
Contact, Droplet, and Airborne precautions and their specific indications.
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Workshop 3.2:
Proper selection, donning, and doffing sequences for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE: gloves, gowns, masks, eye protection/face shields, respirators like N95s).
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Workshop 3.3:
Managing patient placement, cohorting, and isolation room management.
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Workshop 4.1:
Principles of cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization (Spauldings classification: Critical, Semicritical, Noncritical).
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Workshop 4.2:
Environmental Services (EVS) protocols for high-touch surface cleaning and terminal room disinfection.
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Workshop 4.3:
Safe handling, segregation, and disposal of biomedical and hazardous waste.
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Workshop 5.1:
Evidence-based care bundles for high-risk complications:
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Workshop 5.2:
Daily review of line necessity and prompt removal protocols.
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Workshop 6.1:
Pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative bundles.
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Workshop 6.2:
Proper skin antisepsis, surgical hand scrubs, and antimicrobial prophylaxis timing.
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Workshop 6.3:
Operating theater environmental controls and traffic management.
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Workshop 7.1:
Active versus passive surveillance methodologies for detecting HAIs.
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Workshop 7.2:
Identifying and investigating clusters and outbreaks in clinical settings.
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Workshop 7.3:
Implementing rapid containment measures and contact tracing.
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Workshop 8.1:
The link between antibiotic overuse and multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) like MRSA, CRE, and C. difficile.
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Workshop 8.2:
Core strategies of antimicrobial stewardship programs in clinical practice.
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Workshop 8.3:
Optimizing drug selection, dosing, and duration of therapy.
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Workshop 9.1:
Prevention and immediate management of sharps injuries and needlesticks.
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Workshop 9.2:
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) protocols for bloodborne pathogens (HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C).
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Workshop 9.3:
Staff immunization policies (influenza, hepatitis B, varicella, COVID-19) and managing healthcare worker illness.
