175 Healthcare: Biological Hazards

Modules:
3
Hours:
0.5
Sectors:
Healthcare
Target Audience:
Employee
Fee

Description

Description
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Healthcare workers are exposed to a variety of infectious diseases during the performance of their duties. Several biological hazards can pose a significant risk to healthcare workers if they are not properly controlled.

This course takes a closer look at three of the most common biological hazards healthcare workers are exposed to, including legionnaires’ disease, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and tuberculosis.

Free Access
As an OSH Center student, you have free access to all our training materials, including knowledge checks and course activities. Documentation of your training–such as exam scores, certificates, and transcripts–can be accessed by purchasing a certificate package.

Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you should be able to:

ID Objective
TO 1.0 Achieve a minimum score of 70% on the final course assessment.
LO 1.1.1 Define Legionellosis and describe the two types of illnesses exposure to the Legionella bacteria can cause.
LO 1.1.2 Describe the symptoms of Legionellosis, the causes, how they spread, and preventive strategies.
LO 1.2.1 Define MRSA and describe its symptoms, causes, how it spreads, and preventive strategies.
LO 1.3.1 Define tuberculosis, its symptoms, causes, how it spreads, infection control, and treatment.

Key: Terminal Objective (TO), Learning Objective (LO)

Key Topics
  • ✔ Legionnaires’ Disease
  • ✔ Pontiac Fever
  • ✔ MRSA in Healthcare
  • ✔ How MRSA is Spread
  • ✔ Tuberculosis
  • ✔ Latent TB Infection
  • ✔ TB Disease
  • ✔ Screening and Testing
  • ✔ Treatments

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