Recognizing Risk Using Reservoirs
Session 1 : What Does It Mean to Recognize a Risk? –Date-9/9/2022 at 1-2 pm EST
Learning Objectives
- Understand the concept of risk recognition, especially in healthcare.
- Apply the concept of risk recognition to infection control actions
Session 2 : How Germs Make People Sick – Date-9/16/2022 at 1-2 pm EST
Learning Objectives
- Explain the five elements needed for germs to spread and cause infection.
- Describe the four most common pathways for germ spread in healthcare.
Session 3 : Recognizing Risk Using Reservoirs: A Review -9/23/2022 at 1-2 pm EST
Learning Objectives
- Recognize tasks in healthcare that can cause germs to move between and among reservoirs.
- Recognize when to apply infection control actions to limit the spread of germs.
Introduction to Reservoirs: Where Germs Live
Session 1: Body Reservoirs (for date and time and sign up link)
Learning Objectives
- Describe four body reservoirs where germs live that are important for infection control in healthcare.
- Explain how germs can be spread from each body reservoir and cause harm.
Session 2: Healthcare Environment Reservoirs (for date and time and sign up link)
Learning Objectives
- Describe four environmental reservoirs where germs live that are important for infection control in healthcare.
- Explain how germs can be spread from each healthcare environment reservoir and cause harm
Session 3: Body and Healthcare Environment Reservoirs: Synthesis (for date and time and sign up link)
Learning Objectives
- Describe infection control risks associated with the human body and healthcare environment reservoirs, and pathways for germs to be spread from them.
- Identify strategies to address common infection control risks associated with the human body and healthcare environment reservoirs.