This course is designed for use by Infection Preventionist (IP) trainees, whose credentials my be RN, BSN, MSN, MT, or something else as designated by their employer. The course is designed to be four hours long, to be taught by DICON staff in a single half-day session. Many people who are hired as IPs receive very little formal education on the incredibly important concepts of cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization in the hospital and/or clinic environment. This course is taught by the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON) IP team. The DICON IPs are considered experts in their field, and spend the majority of their time advising and guiding IPs at small rural hospitals in their infection prevention and control efforts.

Target Audience

Allied Health Professionals
Nurses

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this 4 hour course, participants will know the differences between cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilization, they will be able to verbalize the processes for pre-treatment and transport of dirty instruments, they will understand the workflow of the instrument processing environment, and they will be familiar with specific cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing processes in hospital and clinic settings.

Course summary

Available credit:

4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
4.00 ANCC
4.00 Attendance

Registration Opens:

11/01/2022

Registration Expires:

11/01/2023

Rating:

Durham, NC 27705

United States

Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH

Committee member, Medical director

Hannah Davis, CIC

Committee member, Course Director, Planner

Brittain Wood, BSN, RN, CRCST, CIC

Committee member, Course Director, Peer reviewer, Planner, Speaker

Valerie Payne, MPH, CIC

Committee member, Course Director, Peer reviewer, Planner, Speaker

Andrea Lynn Cromer, BSN, RN, MT, MPH, CIC