Department of Public Health - Acute Communicable Disease Control

Basics of Infection Prevention for Acute Care Settings─2 Day Mini Course
November 6-7th, 2018

Course Description:
This course is an educational program held by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH). The program is for Infection Preventionists (IPs) and associated staff who work in acute health care settings, including general acute care hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, dialysis centers and ambulatory surgery centers. The course is adapted from California Department of Public Health’s "Basics of Infection Prevention" course and intended for beginning and intermediate IPs. It is free to attend and those who attend both days are eligible for nursing CEUs (approximately 10).

Full course description is available HERE

Agenda HERE

Video/Recording of Trainings Day 1 Day 2

Slides from Day One:

The Role of the Infection Preventionist
IP Resources
Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance
Epidemiology and Surveillance
Microbiology
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Employee Health
Safe Injection Practices
Environmental Services
Standard Precautions and Isolation

Slides from Day Two:

The Infection Preventionist as an Educataor
MDROs Including New Emerging Pathogens
Outbreak Management and Outbreak Investigation
Environment of Care
Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
Device-Related Infection Prevention
California Regulations Related to Infection Prevention
Sustaining HAI Prevention - Include Audits
Health Officer Order - Influenza

Course Archive
The following are presentations from previously held courses.

November 2018
November 2017
May 2017