Epidemiology - lecture

Week 4 - Infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities. Standard and isolation precautions.

This lesson is the first one, that is dedicated to the prevention of transmission of infections in healthcare facilities.

The first part describes risks of transmission using a "chain of infections" and continues with "Standard precautions" and "Isolation precautions".

The main messages and required knowledge from this lesson

Risk of transmission of infections in healthcare facilities (sources, routes of transmission, susceptible persons).
Main characteristics of healthcare-associated infections, possibilities of their prevention.
Standard precautions - main principles and use.
Principles of isolation precautions and reasons for their introduction.

PPE - video

Standard precautions WHO

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