EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
We provide robust training and education which will help ensure environmental services staff know how to support infection control efforts.
Training topics includes:
- Basic environmental infection prevention principles
Hand hygiene techniques
Use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Transmission routes of pathogens
Cough etiquette
Standard precautions
Additional precautions (contact, airborne, droplet)
Selection and use of cleaning agents and disinfectants with proper dilutions and contact times for disinfectants
Cleaning and disinfection procedures for surfaces, floors, carpets, furniture, patient care areas, medical equipment’s (non-critical and semi-critical)
Terminal cleaning
How to perform fogging and UV-C disinfection
Proper handling of linens and medical waste
Ergonomics in work place and its prevention
Pest control
Construction and renovation
Communicating infection risks and priorities to environmental services
Hands-on demonstrations and competency assessments is incorporated. Visual aids like posters can serve as helpful reminders. Provide additional training and education where noncompliance is found. Contact us today to discuss how we can develop and implement a comprehensive environmental infection prevention program tailored to your facility. Certification will be provided upon completion of the course.
Blood spill management
PPE (Donning and Doffing)
Hand hygiene practice
How to perform cleaning and disinfection (includes ‘high touch’ and terminal cleaning)
How to use tools to evaluate the process of cleaning
