Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention and Control
Who is this course for?
The workshop is for anyone involved or interested in prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HAI) - including infection control practitioners (nursing and medical), other clinicians (e.g. infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists, surgeons, intensitivists etc.), administrators and public health practitioners.
Who offers the course?
The Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology (CIDM) and School of Public Health & Sydney Emerging Infections and Biosecurity Institute (SEIB)
- Level of assumed/required knowledge
- Course goals
- Course duration
- How is this course assessed?
- Can this course contribute to an academic degree?
- Course delivery
- Course cost
- Course dates
- Is this course accredited for CME points?
- Further information and enrolment
- Contact person/Course coordinator
- Last updated
Level of assumed/required knowledge
There are no formal prerequisites, but the course will assume familiarity with current principles and practice of HA infection and prevention.
Course overview
The aim of the course is to examine the strengths and limitations of current HAI prevention and control policies and practice, the evidence on which they are based and barriers to implementation. It will explore novel approaches to improving compliance and increasing the engagement and accountability of healthcare workers and administrators at all levels, in protecting patients from avoidable harm.
Course participants will be challenged to question current dogma, consider new approaches and share their experience of lessons learnt from unconventional approaches (successful or not) to HAI prevention and control.
Course duration
2 days
How is the course assessed?
N/A
Can this course contribute to an academic degree?
TBA
Course delivery
Lecture Room 3, Westmead Education & Conference Centre
Westmead Hospital
Cnr Hawkesbury & Darcy Roads
Westmead Sydney
Course cost
$100 (GST inc) 2 days
$60 (GST inc) 1 day
Course dates
Future workshop dates to be advised.
Is this course accredited for CME points?
No
Further information and registration
For all registration enquiries please contact:
Lou Orszulak
T: 02 9845 6255
F: 02 9893 8659
E:
For registration form or further information visit http://www.cidmpublichealth.org/
Contact person/Course coordinator
Lou Orszulak
T: 02 9845 6255
F: 02 9893 8659
E:
Last updated
December 2012