Infection Prevention & Control CPD (IPC) | Standard Precautions

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) is essential for safe healthcare in every country. This 8-hour CPD course provides practical, step-by-step training on Standard Precautions—the minimum safety practices that must be applied for every patient, every time.

You will learn how infections spread, how to break the chain of infection, and how to protect patients and healthcare workers through correct hand hygiene, smart PPE selection and safe removal, respiratory hygiene, sharps and needle-stick prevention, safe injection basics, environmental cleaning and disinfection, and healthcare waste management. The course also introduces basic transmission-based precautions and outbreak awareness.

This course is suitable for medical students and healthcare professionals, including allied health disciplines, and is aligned with internationally accepted IPC principles while remaining practical for Pakistan-based settings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the chain of infection and routes of transmission in healthcare settings

• Apply Standard Precautions consistently for every patient interaction

• Perform correct hand hygiene and identify common errors

• Select appropriate PPE and follow safe donning/doffing steps

• Practice safe sharps handling and respond correctly to exposure incidents

• Apply basic principles of cleaning, disinfection, and shared equipment safety

• Follow respiratory hygiene and basic patient placement guidance

• Use documentation and simple audits to improve IPC compliance in your workplace