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Online Barrier
Precautions:
Course Description
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Jamestown
Community College is now offering the NYS mandated Barrier
Precautions course online. This course offering is in addition
to our classroom training. It will allow busy health care
professionals the opportunity to complete this required
course at their convenience.
The course provides background information
on NYS legislation, and will cover six element areas of
course work pertaining to barrier precaution and infection
control. Each element will present learning objectives
to students. The elements are as follows:
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- Element
I
- The
responsibility to adhere to scientifically accepted
principles and practices of infection control and to
monitor the performance of those for whom the professional
is responsible.
- Element
II
- Modes
and mechanisms of transmission of pathogenic organisms
in health care settings and strategies for prevention
and control.
- Element
III
- Use
of engineering and work practice controls to reduce
the opportunity for patient and health care worker exposure
to potentially infectious material.
- Element
IV
- Selection
and use of barriers and/or personal protective equipment
for preventing patient and health care worker contact
with potentially infectious material.
- Element
V
- Creation
and maintenance of a safe environment for patient care
through application of infection control principles
and practices for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
- Element
VI
- Prevention
and control of infectious and communicable diseases
in health care workers.
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Each
element will have a five-question quiz with links to correct
sections to answers to missed questions.
The
cost for this course is $40.
Students
will receive a NYS Certificate for Continuing Education
after successfully completing this course.
TO
REGISTER:
Registration
Form
Student Affidavit
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