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Certificate in Infection Control in Long Term Care Facilities

Research on infection rates in long term care facilities has identified that infections can have a significant effect on the well being of residents and associated health care delivery costs. Proactive infection prevention and surveillance programs can help improve care outcomes in long term care facilities. Long term care facilities are those in which residents with limited self-care abilities are looked after by a variety of health care workers. Examples of long term care facilities are nursing homes, group homes for people with physical, intellectual or psychiatric disabilities, psychiatric hospitals and rehabilitation centres.

Entry Criteria
Registered Nurses (Division 1 or 2) with responsibility for infection control in a long term care facility. Other health professionals may apply, subject to qualifications and experience.

Training Program
• Microbiology
• Principles of Infection Control
• Risk factors for infections in long term care facilities
• Practical applications in infection control
• The role of the infection control practitioner
• Management

Course Content
• Two day Microbiology practicum at RMIT
• Basic principles of the control of the transmission of disease
• Risk factors for blood borne viruses and other infectious diseases
• Risk assessment for different populations within the long term care environment
• Application of infection control as it applies across several service areas in long term care facilities
• Basics of a sound infection control program
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Research, quality management and evidence based practice

Course Benefits
As part of the accreditation process, residential care settings for the elderly must demonstrate an effective infection control program. This course will enable Registered Nurses (Division 1 & 2) who are given the responsibility for infection control to apply generic infection control principles in the long term care setting and develop specific and relevant evidence based infection control programs that will produce effective and efficient infection control outcomes in your long term care facility.

Delivery
• 12 days at Mayfield Education from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm plus
• Self-paced distance education package

Dates
Commencing: 8 February 2010 8 - 10 February; 15 - 16 March;
24 - 26 May; 26 - 29 July 2010

Assessment
An examination, a presentation and written assignments

Award
Mayfield Certificate

CNE points
25 CNE points

Fee
$2,972

Closing Date
18 December 2009 Late applications may be considered

Location
Hawthorn campus. A small number of sessions are scheduled off campus.