Veterinary Practical Infection Control
Infection control is a vitally important aspect of veterinary practice, and as we know, the consequences of poor hygiene can be catastrophic.
Are your infection control standards measuring up?
Are you doing enough to promote hygiene?
Do you feel like your protocols need reviewing, but are not quite sure where to start?
Do you have issues with implementing protocols and achieving staff adherence to them?
This course will explore the key factors of infection control – from basic practice hygiene to clinical considerations as well as helping to achieve guidelines set within the RCVS practice standards if you are part of the scheme.
Participants will be able to share their own knowledge and experience, look at current protocols with a view to gaining an understanding of the areas of strength and weakness in the delivery of infection control measures in their practice. This will lead to discussions on how improvements can be made to achieve best practice standards.
The flexibility of this course will allow each student to address their own practice situation and following study they will complete assessed coursewokr, enabling them to reflect on their current practice approach and how this can be improved, the practice risks in diagrammatical form, and develop a biosecurity standard operating procedure in a particular area.
We advocate the creation of practice ‘infection control champions’, and this course will enable you to take on this role.
Course Summary
Course duration: 3 weeks (8 hours flexible/self-directed study time)
Course type: Fully supported and interactive online learning with assessed coursework
Tutor: Emma Gerrard
Suitable for: Vets, veterinary nurses & technicians and students. Those in a leadership position in practice looking to update infection control protocols would also benefit from this course, and anyone who has an interest in infection control protocols and procedures.
This course is accredited by AMTRA for 32 SQP CPD points.
Please advise at registration if you require these points.