Infection

The health care professional will enhance their knowledge of bed bugs and how bites and infestations impact the individual.

Participants will better understand the relationship between the use of antibiotics and clostridium difficile infection (CDI).

To assure that facilities develop, implement, and maintain an Infection Prevention and Control Program in order to prevent, recognize, and control the onset and spread of infection in the health care facility.

Enhances the participant's knowledge of HIV and AIDS.

To enhance the participant’s knowledge of HIV and AIDS.

Purpose

HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, progressively kills or damages the cells of the body’s immune system inhibiting the ability to fight infections and certain cancers. In the most advanced stage of HIV infection, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) occurs. This course helps health care workers understand the progression of the disease, at-risk populations, HIV prevention methods, Texas-specific laws regarding HIV, and treatment options.

Health care professionals will review and gain knowledge of current and emerging infection control procedures, common health care related infections, and infectious disease outbreaks.

To enhance the healthcare professional’s knowledge of influenza: the biology, transmission, signs and symptoms, and infection control measures utilized to minimize transmission of the disease.

The health care practitioner will enhance his/her knowledge of this season’s influenza and best practices for prevention and transmission of the disease.

The purpose of this course is to provide a detailed overview of multidrug-resistant organisms, including how they form and the impacts they have in various settings. This course will also discuss the most common types of organisms encountered, look at steps being taken by agencies to reduce transmission, and provide recommendations for preventing their spread.

This course will discuss norovirus – including causes, signs and symptoms, treatment, and prevention techniques. The course will also briefly examine the trends and types of annual outbreaks that occur.

The participant will better understand herpes zoster and its treatment and prevention.