| Context /
framework:
Course outline and introduction / welcome
Role of the ICLP
Setting the scene: IC in the healthcare
organisation
Basic principles of medical microbiology |
Clinical practice
in mental health and forensics:
Standard infection control precautions
(SICPs):
Standard infection control precautions:
- PPE
- Sharps prevention/management
- Waste / linen management
- Decontamination of environment
- Hand hygiene
- Staff health
Additional precautions and isolation
Planning care and assessing risk:
Group work / presentations relating to
clinical practice and managing clients with transmissible
infections in the mental health / forensic environment |
| Principles and
practice of IC - the chain of infection
Decontamination of medical devices
Specimen collection |
Essential elements of
hand hygiene
inc. practical demonstration
Infection control audit and the role of the
ICLP
Audit tools in use
Undertaking an infection control audit
Course evaluation and close |
