Chapter 8 : The Essentials of Infection Prevention 4 Contact Hours
By: Kelley O’Leary Author Disclosure: Kelley O’Leary, and Colibri Healthcare, LLC do not have any actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this lesson. Universal Activity Number UAN: 0607-0000-23-016-H05-T
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as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Participants of the session who complete the evaluation and provide accurate NABP e-Profile
Activity Type: Knowledge-based Initial Release Date: 7/10/2023 Expiration Date: 7/10/2026
information will have their credit for 4 contact hour (0.4 CEU) submitted to CPE Monitor as early as within 10 business days after course completion and no later than 60 days after the event. Please know that if accurate e-Profile information is not provided within 60 days of the event, credit cannot be claimed after that time. The participant is accountable for verifying the accurate posting of CE credit to their CPE Monitor account within 60 days. where reservoirs are harboring pathogens and strategies to prevent transmission in healthcare settings is critical. This course will examine best practices for infection prevention, such as hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, transmission-based precautions, cleaning and disinfection, and injection safety. Distinguish how organisms are spread so that the appropriate precaution type can be implemented. Demonstrate an understanding of the role the environment plays in infection prevention in healthcare settings. Recognize best practices to prevent injection-related infections. implicit bias in healthcare is crucial for achieving equity in medical treatment. Strategies to combat these biases involve education and awareness programs for healthcare professionals. These programs help individuals recognize and acknowledge their biases, fostering a more empathetic and unbiased approach to patient care. Additionally, implementing policies and procedures prioritizing equitable treatment for all patients can play a pivotal role in reducing healthcare disparities. Ultimately, confronting implicit bias in healthcare is essential to creating a more just and equitable healthcare system where everyone receives fair and equal treatment regardless of their background or characteristics.
Target Audience: Pharmacists in a community-based setting. To Obtain Credit: A minimum test score of 75 percent is needed to obtain a credit. Please submit your answers either by mail, fax, or online at EliteLearning.com/Book
Course overview The COVID-19 pandemic made all healthcare workers acutely aware of infection prevention and control measures. The pandemic has highlighted the need for ongoing education to maintain a knowledge and skill level appropriate for implementing strategies to prevent healthcareassociated infections and to prepare for the next pandemic. Understanding Learning objectives Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to: Examine the essentials of infection prevention to prevent harm to patients and healthcare workers. Recognize risks that should be avoided to prevent transmission of infections. Examine when hand hygiene must be performed. Implicit bias in healthcare Implicit bias significantly affects how healthcare professionals perceive and make treatment decisions, ultimately resulting in disparities in health outcomes. These biases, often unconscious and unintentional, can shape behavior and produce differences in medical care along various lines, including race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and socioeconomic status. Healthcare disparities stemming from implicit bias can manifest in several ways. For example, a healthcare provider might unconsciously give less attention to a patient or make assumptions about their medical needs based on race, gender, or age. The unconscious assumptions can lead to delayed or inadequate care, misdiagnoses, or inappropriate treatments, all of which can adversely impact health outcomes. Addressing
CHAPTER 1: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PATIENT AND FAMILY TEACHING
Learning outcome After completing this chapter, the learner will be able to appraise the significance of effective patient and family education on patient outcomes, including: Infection prevention and control strategies came to the forefront during the pandemic: Perform hand hygiene, wear a mask, clean and disinfect, cover your cough, and physically distance to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV, the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. Outbreaks of COVID-19 were happening in healthcare settings, and it became vitally important for all healthcare workers to have the foundational knowledge of
Reduced readmission rates. Improved health outcomes.
INTRODUCTION
infection prevention and control necessary to protect themselves and those they were caring for at work and home. At the time of this writing, the pandemic is not over; however, we are living in a different phase than those that came earlier. The COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world (pandemic) and is still happening at a more constant rate (endemic) (Grennan, 2019). Even though all healthcare workers received a lot of “just-in-
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