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Course: Decontamination of Endoscopes
An online education programme on Endoscope Decontamination has been developed with the main aim of educating healthcare professionals on the principles and practice of Endoscope Decontamination in order to promote practice which is based on evidence and current guidelines.
Course: HAI Mandatory Induction Training Framework
Mandatory Induction Training in HAI is based on the principle that the greater the number of healthcare workers with direct or indirect patitent contact who have an understanding of the Standard Infection Control Precautions, the greater the chance of promoting high personal standards and behaviours in the reduction of HAI within NHSScotland.
In healthcare settings in particular, whether in hospitals or the wider community, hand hygiene is the single most important activity for preventing the spread of infection from one person to another.
Course: Helping Patients Cope with Isolation in Hospital
This programme has been designed and developed for healthcare workers and aims to help understand the psychological, social and physical effects of isolation on patients, regardless of the cause of isolation and provide techniques and ideas for lessening these impacts through meaningful therapeutic interventions.
Course: Hospital Outbreak Management
The main aim of this online course is to support NHS organisations to prepare Infection Control Practitioners and their teams to effectively manage an HAI outbreak. The course is interactive and is based on an outbreak scenario and takes the learner through a sequence of events which unfold as the outbreak develops.
Course: Introduction to Systemic Practice and Family Interventions
Two experienced family therapists will lead this training, creating a constructive environment where participants can develop as reflective practitioners working with ideas around, systems beliefs and therapeutic stance. Participants will be expected to bring case examples from their workplaces, these will provide learning opportunities through the use of role play and other interactive learning mediums. There will be reading before and in between training days and a small piece of practice based writing to be brought to the follow up day.
Course: Management of Legionella Incidents in the Community
The purpose of this resource is to support individuals and organisations in implementing the Scottish Guidelines on Management of Legionella Incidents, Outbreaks and Clusters in the Community, developed by the Health Protection Network (HPN) in partnership with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and published by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) in March 2009.
Course: MRSA - A Clinical Scenario
The online scenario will describe a clinical situation and the learner will be asked questions based on how best to manage the situation presented. Some questions will be based on management of an individual case; others may look at broader aspects of clinical management.
Course: MRSA - A Clinical Tutorial
The tutorial sets out information on MRSA, its impact in the healthcare setting, its origins and important aspects of clinical management in preventing and treating infection with MRSA.
Course: Multi Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli (MRGNB)
This online resource examines Multi Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli (MRGNB) and resistance to beta lactam antibiotics (penicillins, cefalosporins, monobactams, carbapenems). Although less well known than their Gram-positive counterparts (eg MRSA), these bacteria present a serious challenge in the clinical management of infection.
