Covid-19 is new and ever-evolving, and clinicians are strongly encouraged to access and review the latest guidelines and recommendations directly from the CDC to promote best practices as they emerge. You can access the CDC's resources for healthcare professionals here:

CDC Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals

The CDC has put together resources covering the current guidelines for healthcare facilities regarding the new Coronavirus (Covid-19). Their resources include guidance for clinics, long-term care facilities, and nursing homes. You can access this information directly here:

CDC Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities

The content presented in this recorded webinar aims to provide the healthcare provider with a focused understanding of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Author Theresa Schmidt covers modes of transmission, signs and symptoms of illness, facility infection control recommendations, disease progression, and testing requirements.

Course Description

Infection control is the discipline that drives the reporting requirements for the various healthcare facilities. Infection control is vital to the public safety but too many times is not recognized for its importance. As soon as a healthcare facility has a reported case of an infectious disease, they have the obligation to report to the proper authorities and the proper organizations such as the Centers of Disease Control (CDC).

The reason for these reporting requirements is that every year people’s lives are affected and some are lost because of infections that spread like wildfire in the medical facilities, hospitals and into the community. The medical professionals and healthcare workers have steps to take to put infection controls in place. But they need to know if there is a special threat so they can enact infection controls accordingly.

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Hand washing is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infections. Many studies show that the bacteria that cause infections are often spread from one patient/resident to another on the hands of healthcare workers.

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Biomedical waste is dangerous and needs safe disposal to protect patients, healthcare workers, and the general public. A biomedical waste management system requires commitment from healthcare providers at all levels to properly execute disposal of waste including accurate segregation, collection, storage, and transportation.

This course expounds on the health hazards associated with biomedical waste, the various types of biomedical waste, and the categorization of biomedical waste. Topics such as segregation, labeling, proper storage, and transportation regulations are discussed. Additionally, universal precautions and the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required by healthcare workers is covered in detail.

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Pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections remain the leading cause of mortality in elderly. This course will focus on the assessment of lung conditions that affect the elderly.

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This course presents the proper way to manage medical waste in the home setting. It includes the identification of medical waste items, as well as the regulations that govern medical waste disposal in the home. Finally, it describes the proper procedure for the handling and disposal of contaminated sharps, medications, and other regulated medical waste, such as personal protective equipment, or PPE.

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The Healthcare providers bag has been used by home care visiting staff for decades to carry needed equipment and supplies to provide patient care in the home. The provider's bag is transported from patient home to home and may serve as a vehicle for transmitting microorganisms by virtue of the bag's contact with the staff's hands and contact with the patient's environment. This course establishes guidelines for the management of the provider's bag used by home care staff and offers strategies to prevent and control the transfer of microorganisms through its use.