Infection Prevention Micro-credential - Course Files
Micro-credential Resources and Guidance Documents
Infection Prevention Micro-credential
Overview
This resource contains the full course content for the Infection Prevention Micro-credential for healthcare and nursing students.
This foundational level micro-credential takes 2-3 hours to complete and includes content formats such as powerpoint lectures, videos, articles, links, and images, assessments, as well as some interactive content. All content was created in collaboration with healthcare employers and SMEs in the healthcare field.
Within this resource you will find: all course files, IMSCC file for embedding into Blackboard LMS, and resources and guidance documents for implementation.
Infection Prevention Micro-credential
Course Description
Infection prevention in healthcare is fundamental to ensuring patient safety and well-being. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, practices, and strategies used to prevent the spread of infections in healthcare settings. Topics include understanding the diverse types of infections and occupational hazards encountered in healthcare settings and how they are spread. Examining infection control practices and interventions to prevent infectious agent transmission will be covered. Minimizing the risk of exposure to infectious agents for healthcare workers and patients will be discussed.
Skills: Infection prevention and control |Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | Infection Transmission Prevention | Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
About:
The micro-credential is intended to be taken online independently. It should take between 2-3 hours to complete. It is a foundational level micro-credential, and has been developed with healthcare industry professionals from large healthcare employers in the state of CT.
Course Files (ZIP Folder):
This folder contains all course files, including PowerPoint presentations, images, and external documents. It also includes a course roadmap, which outlines the intended sequence for building the course from scratch. The embedded links document provides all resource links used within the micro-credential.
SCORM File:
This Common Cartridge file is designed to directly embed the entire course and its content into a compatible Learning Management System (LMS). It was used in Blackboard Ultra and is formatted to SCORM 1.2.
Resources and Guidance Documents (ZIP Folder):
This folder contains instructional resources and guidance for instructors on how to effectively use the provided materials.
Grant Disclaimer
This content was created as part of the CT SHIP grant, lead by CT State Community College - Norwalk.
The total cost of CT Statewide Healthcare Industry Pathway project (CT SHIP) was $6.9M. $3.4M (49%) was funded through a U.S. Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration grant and another $3.5M (51%) was committed through non-federal state and local resources.
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