COVID-19 Infection, Prevention and Control Training
Series 2
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2.1 Updates on the Epidemiology and transmission
3 June 2020
Objectives:
- Chain of transmission
- Updates on transmission dynamics, clinical features
- Convening an IPC team to respond to COVID.
- Conducting audits and needs assessments.
- How to identify a key priority within a health facility.
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2.2 Environmental and Equipment Hygiene
10 June 2020
Objectives:
- Cleaning and disinfection of equipment.
- Rational for disinfection
- Waste management during COVID-19
- Spraying of humans, fogging tunnels
- Re-use and decontamination
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2.3 IPC in the community
17 June 2020
Objectives:
- Protecting family members during self isolation and homebased care for COVID case
- Going back to work and school safely
- What does screening mean
- How to self isolate if no physical distancing is possible
- Disinfection practices in the community: fears and facts
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2.4 Personal Protective Equipment for COVID
24 June 2020
Objectives:
- Role of each element of PPE.
- Relevant standards and specifications.
- Techniques to minimise need for PPE using engineering and administrative controls.
- Understanding the Role of Cloth masks
- PPE: Extended use, challenges and solutions
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2.5 Handling dead bodies and burials during COVID-19
8 July 2020
Objectives:
- Protecting health workers during autopsy
- Safe burials
- Protecting family members of the dead
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2.6 COVID-19 and Transportation industry
15 July 2020
Objectives:
- Airports, Airlines, Trains and Buses: interventions for safety
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