Universal Precautions
Tracking # 20-1376024
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Program Objectives:
- Define Universal vs. Standard Precautions: Explain Universal Precautions and how they relate to the current Standard Precautions framework.
- Identify Modes of Transmission: Recognize common transmission pathways for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and other bloodborne pathogens.
- Describe Infection Control Practices: Apply hand hygiene, PPE use, sharps safety, respiratory hygiene, and environmental cleaning to reduce exposure risk.
- Explain OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standards: Understand exposure control plans, engineering controls, work practice controls, Hepatitis B vaccination, and post-exposure follow-up requirements.
- Recognize Post-Exposure Steps: Identify immediate actions following needlestick injuries, blood splashes, or other occupational exposures.
- Discuss HIV/AIDS Management & Prevention: Review testing, referral, risk reduction, and post-exposure follow-up principles.
- Summarize Florida Legal Requirements: Understand laws related to HIV testing, informed consent, confidentiality, exposure testing, reporting, and partner notification.
- Apply Infection Control Across Settings: Implement precautions in various environments including patient care, therapy, dentistry, massage therapy, labs, and home health.
Course Overview:
This 2-hour continuing education course provides Florida healthcare professionals with a practical review of Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions, HIV/AIDS, bloodborne pathogen safety, OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard concepts, and Florida legal requirements related to HIV/AIDS and infection control.
The course connects infection control principles to daily healthcare practice, including hand hygiene, PPE, sharps safety, respiratory hygiene, environmental cleaning, post-exposure procedures, confidentiality, HIV testing, reporting, and partner notification.
The course connects infection control principles to daily healthcare practice, including hand hygiene, PPE, sharps safety, respiratory hygiene, environmental cleaning, post-exposure procedures, confidentiality, HIV testing, reporting, and partner notification.
$8.00
2 Hours