Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice is available for 90 days after enrollment.

Infection Control in Homecare and Hospice provides an overview of the infection control practices applicable to care of the patient in the home setting. The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and the CDC Transmission Precautions and CDC / WHO Hand Hygiene guidelines are reviewed. The intended audience is all home and hospice employees.

Estimated time for completion: 1 hour (60min.)

Objectives:

• Discuss how the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard applies to home care and hospice
• Identify what constitutes an exposure incident
• Demonstrate use of universal or standard precautions
• Verbalize measures to prevent needle-stick injuries

In order to complete this online course, the participant must view the entire course, correctly answer all case studies and quiz questions and complete the evaluation. No CE/CME is offered for this course.

You will have access to this course for 90 days from the date of purchase.

This TCG CHEX eLearning course is being provided through NHPCO’s collaboration with The Corridor Group, Inc.

System Requirements

The Acrobat Reader is required to view many resources.

The Flash plug-in is required to view case studies, activities, and course navigation.