Continuing Education

IPCD500 - Infection Control and Safety

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Course Overview

Blood-borne pathogens are a health and safety risk to workers in occupations that require close contact or exposure to blood or bodily fluids. Learn the different types of blood-borne pathogens, the risk of infection, proper post-exposure protocol, and infection control procedures to minimize exposure. The skills you gain in this course will allow you to protect yourself as well as the people you are in contact with from pathogens and infection.

This course is relevant to healthcare workers, dental workers, tattoo artists, emergency responders, childcare and school workers, hotel housekeepers, and those whose work exposes them to blood or blood components.

Upcoming Offerings

This course is part of these programs or course groups:

Professional Development for Healthcare Practitioners Workshops


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Delivery Methods

  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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