CEU Courses Search results for 'infection'

Healthcare professionals serve an important role for older adults amidst COVID-19 as we address activities of daily living (ADL), safety, quality of life, mental health, and other areas directly impacted by this virus. This text course will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on how healthcare providers approach treatment with older adults.

A review of the bloodborne pathogens standard as published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Learn what you need to know in your place of employment, including employer requirements for protection and appropriate infection control practices for a hearing healthcare practice.

This course addresses infection control precautions both broadly and as related to COVID-19. It discusses how to select personal protective equipment, hand hygiene products, and disinfectants that are appropriate for hearing healthcare settings, as well as how to properly implement these and other infection control measures.

This course summarizes current evidence-based practice for audiologic management during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on habits for appropriate infection prevention for in-person clinic visits. Amending barriers to communication for children with hearing impairment, including the impact of face masks, and considerations for assistive devices will also be addressed.

The purpose of this course is to educate allied health care professionals on HIV fundamentals. Incidence, transmission, and infection control considerations relevant to patient management will be outlined.

As hearing practices reopen, many people (especially our more vulnerable populations) will feel most comfortable visiting offices demonstrating a commitment to keeping their offices safe for patients and staff. ReSound invites you to attend a planning session led by Bill Lavinder and Sheri Weiner, AuD., from ChampionOne Group to share how you can prepare your practice to offer enhanced safety in your patient encounters through stringent infection control measures and alternative ways to safely assist your patients.

The services of a dispensing practice are sought out by patients who range in age, socioeconomic status, health condition and many other factors that can directly impact their health and that of those around them. It is imperative that the dispensing practice ensure the safety of all involved, both patients and staff alike in the prevention of the potential transmission of disease. As new harmful microbes arise and diseases thought to be eradicated return, the dispensing practice must be diligent in practicing proper and consistent infection control. This course will focus on the risk of infection control in the dispensing workplace as well as the development and implementation of an office infection control protocol.