Course overview
This course will examine nursing and medical science in relation to the control of infection. Topics include decontamination and sterilisation of medical devices, the clinical management of the patient with an infectious disease or infection, the teaching/learning process in staff education and other contemporary issues within infection control.
Course learning outcomes
- Design an effective infection control program for their health care facility that is based on current evidence based practice
- Discuss the causes and control measures of specific infectious diseases including during pandemics
- Discuss the principles used in cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation in a health care facility
- Explain the causes of nosocomial / iatrogenic infection and strategies used to contain them
- Discuss the influence of the physical environment on the implementation of infection control measures