Organization / Country | Training Curriculum |
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World Health Organization | Refer to international curricula and networks for specialized infection prevention and control programmes and to adapt these documents and approaches to national needs and local available resources |
United States of America, Centre for Disease Control | • Federal, state, and local education and training requirements • Modes of infectious disease transmission and implementation of standard and transmission-based precautions • Hand hygiene • Sharps injury prevention • Immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for healthcare personnel • Healthcare personnel screening for selected infectious diseases before job placement and periodically thereafter • How to access occupational health services, when needed, and expectations for reporting exposures • Expectations for reporting illnesses or conditions (work-related or acquired outside of work), such as rashes or skin conditions (e.g., non-intact skin on hands); febrile, respiratory, and gastrointestinal illnesses, and hospitalizations resulting from infectious diseases • Sick leave and other policies and procedures related to infectious healthcare personnel, including the risks of presenteeism to other healthcare personnel and patients |
Australia | • An understanding of the modes of transmission of infectious agents and of risk management • Effective work practices that minimise the risk of transmission of infectious agents • Governance structures that support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of infection prevention and control work practices • Compliance with legislation, regulations and standards relevant to infection control |
Canada | • Critical IPC assessment skills / risk assessment • IPC program basic standards of practice (“core competencies”): • hand-hygiene for staff, service providers, and volunteers • concepts of Routine Practices • concepts of Additional Precautions • appropriate use of PPE •safe management of sharps • health care worker immunization • work restrictions due to infectious diseases • equipment cleaning and disinfection/sterilization • environmental cleaning • basic microbiology and transmission of microorganisms • how and when to report IPC-related incidents, injuries and issues of concern • information on common HAIs affecting the organization (e.g., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Clostridium difficile infection, device-associated infections); and • Additional IPC resources available, both within and outside the organization |
Gulf Cooperation Council | • Hand hygiene • Donning and doffing of personal protective equipment |
United Kingdom | No specific Information |
India | • Information on modes of transmission of infectious diseases, level of occupational risk (to reduce fear of contact with infected patients) prevention and control • Safe work practices • Handling of PPE and clothing • Reporting of exposure incident • Techniques on stress management, provision of appropriate staffing levels, shift, rotation, counselling, support and communication skills • Regulations and policies |
Indonesia | • Basic principles of IPC • Hand hygiene • Cough ethics • Waste handling • Appropriate use of PPE |
Pakistan | • Infection prevention control • Personal hygiene • Management of sharps injuries and exposure to blood and body fluids |
Philippines | • Epidemiology of healthcare associated infections • Hand hygiene • Isolation precautions • Decontamination • Disinfection & Sterilization • Care of the environment and hospital waste management • Infection control during routine patient care • Infection control in special and high-risk area • Infection control in hospital ancillary services • Healthcare worker infection risks and prevention |