Healthcare Services Must Ensure That Infection Prevention And Control Are Part: Safe Patient Care Assignment, RCSI

Module Aims

This module aims to provide the student with a knowledge and understanding of the principles preventing the spread of infection as they pertain to all different departments and specialties in healthcare. This module forms part of the knowledge essential in order to build competency in the role of an IPCN.

Related Competencies – Core competencies for those working in Infection Control and /or Hygiene (ECDC, 2012)

• Elaborating and advocating an infection control program
• Contributing to risk management
• Performing audits of professional practices and evaluating performance
• Contributing to quality management
• Contributing to reducing antimicrobial resistance
• Identifying, investigating and managing outbreaks
• Decontamination and sterilization of medical devices
• Implementing infection control healthcare procedures
• Controlling environmental sources of infections
• Elaborating infection control interventions