Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Course

Name: Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Surveillance Training Course
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Apply infection-prevention controls, surveillance measures, audit tools, and response coordination across healthcare settings.

Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Milan, Kuala Lumpur, Lisbon, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Vienna and more
Next session: 2 – 6 November 2026, Milan
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Surveillance Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for infection prevention practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, clinical educators, quality staff, and healthcare supervisors who leave with an HAI Prevention and Surveillance Action Pack. Participants apply healthcare-associated infection prevention, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, infection surveillance measures, environmental cleaning controls, and implementation monitoring to fictional hospital, rehabilitation, and long-term-care scenarios. Agile Leaders Training Center presents HAI prevention as a coordinated clinical-operations discipline.

Who Should Attend

Personnel responsible for infection prevention practices and assurance
Teams responsible for nursing care and device-associated risk controls
Functions responsible for clinical education and competency follow-up
Quality personnel responsible for surveillance, audit, and corrective action
Supervisors responsible for environmental, equipment, and workflow controls

The course assumes participants already support patient-care processes and leaves out infectious-disease diagnosis, antimicrobial prescribing, laboratory testing, and clinical treatment decisions.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that manage infection risks, care environments, and service-quality controls.

Hospital inpatient and outpatient services
Rehabilitation and long-term-care facilities
Diagnostic and ambulatory care services
Healthcare quality and patient-safety departments
Environmental services and sterile-processing interfaces

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply standard and transmission-based precautions to care scenarios
Analyze hand hygiene, PPE, placement, and exposure decisions
Build device-associated infection prevention control checks
Use surveillance definitions, measures, and data-quality checks
Evaluate clusters, environmental controls, and response actions
Prioritize audit findings and implementation improvement actions

Course Agenda

Day 1: HAI Risk and Prevention System

HAI Transmission Chain Mapping Method
Infection Prevention Program Core-Component Map
Standard Precautions Decision Checklist
Transmission-Based Precautions Selection Matrix
Patient Placement and Exposure Risk Assessment

Day 2: Practice Controls and Care Interfaces

Hand Hygiene Observation and Feedback Tool
PPE Selection and Removal Decision Card
Respiratory Hygiene and Source-Control Workflow
Safe Injection and Sharps Control Checklist
Equipment Reprocessing Interface Map

Day 3: Device and Environmental Prevention

Device-Associated Infection Prevention Bundle Map
Insertion and Maintenance Control Audit Sheet
Environmental Cleaning Responsibility Matrix
High-Touch Surface Verification Method
Linen, Waste, and Spill Management Pathway

Day 4: Surveillance and Response

HAI Case Definition Application Worksheet
Device-Day and Patient-Day Measure Calculator
Surveillance Data Validation Checklist
Cluster Signal Review and Escalation Log
Outbreak Response Coordination Map

Day 5: HAI Prevention Implementation Practice

Suggested Exercise: Precautions Decision Simulation
Suggested Exercise: Device Bundle Audit Review
Suggested Exercise: Surveillance Measure Interpretation
Suggested Exercise: Cluster Response Coordination
Capstone Exercise: HAI Prevention and Surveillance Action Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities with fictional acute-care, rehabilitation, ambulatory, and long-term-care scenarios.

Suggested activity: classify transmission risks and select precautions, placement, hand hygiene, and PPE controls.
Suggested activity: audit a device-maintenance scenario and prioritize gaps in bundle execution.
Suggested activity: validate surveillance data, calculate measures, and interpret a change in trend.
Suggested activity: coordinate a cluster review and build an implementation action plan with owners and monitoring measures.

FAQs

Who suits healthcare-associated infection prevention training, and what does it assume?

Healthcare-associated infection prevention training suits personnel who support care delivery, surveillance, education, quality, or supervision. It assumes familiarity with healthcare workflows but does not require authority to diagnose infections or prescribe treatment.

How does HAI prevention and surveillance training differ from microbiology training?

HAI prevention and surveillance training focuses on precautions, care-process controls, surveillance measures, implementation, and response coordination, while microbiology training focuses on organisms, laboratory methods, and diagnostic interpretation.

How do standard precautions support healthcare-associated infection prevention?

Standard precautions establish risk-based controls for every patient interaction, including hand hygiene, PPE, respiratory hygiene, injection safety, equipment handling, environmental cleaning, and exposure prevention.

What does infection surveillance contribute to HAI prevention?

Infection surveillance provides consistent case identification, denominator-based measures, trend review, and data-quality checks so teams can detect signals, prioritize investigation, and monitor prevention actions.

How should healthcare teams respond to a possible infection cluster?

Healthcare teams should verify the signal, apply immediate risk controls, coordinate case and exposure review, document decisions, communicate responsibilities, and monitor whether corrective actions reduce ongoing transmission risk.

Conclusion

Participants leave with an HAI Prevention and Surveillance Action Pack containing risk maps, decision checklists, audit sheets, surveillance worksheets, escalation logs, and an implementation plan. The pack connects day-to-day precautions with measurable follow-up. It supports clearer control decisions, traceable response actions, and structured improvement monitoring.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewHealthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Surveillance Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for infection prevention practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, clinical educators, quality staff, and healthcare supervisors who leave with an HAI Prevention and Surveillance Action Pack. Participants apply healthcare-associa…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

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Can I download the course brochure?

Yes. Use the brochure download link provided on this page.

Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Course