ICU Infection Prevention and Device Safety Course

Name: Advanced ICU Infection Prevention and Device Safety Course
Availability: InStock

Control ICU infection risks across invasive devices, respiratory support, shared equipment, isolation, surveillance, and improvement.

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Johannesburg, Cairo, Istanbul, Milan, London, Amsterdam and more
Next session: 1 – 5 November 2026, Johannesburg
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Advanced ICU Infection Prevention and Device Safety Course is a one-week advanced course for ICU nurses, critical care managers, infection prevention staff, respiratory care leaders, quality teams, and healthcare professionals. Participants build an ICU Device Infection Prevention Pack through ICU infection prevention and device safety, central line insertion and maintenance controls, urinary catheter necessity and maintenance review, ventilator and respiratory equipment infection controls, and ICU device-associated infection surveillance. Agile Leaders Training Center presents infection prevention around critical-care devices, high-acuity workflows, shared equipment, isolation, and surveillance.

Who Should Attend

Intensive care and critical care nursing teams
ICU managers and clinical operations leaders
Infection prevention and surveillance personnel
Respiratory care and equipment leads
Quality, safety, and improvement teams supporting intensive care

The course assumes practical critical-care or infection-prevention experience. It does not confer clinical licensure, certification, treatment authority, or regulator approval.

Departments and Industries

The course supports adult, specialty, and mixed critical-care services managing invasive devices and high-risk care pathways.

Hospital intensive and critical care units
High-dependency and step-down services
Respiratory care and ventilator support teams
Infection prevention and healthcare quality functions
Clinical engineering and environmental services interfaces

Learning Objectives

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

Map ICU infection risks across devices, contacts, equipment, and environment
Apply insertion and maintenance controls for central and urinary catheters
Coordinate respiratory-device and ventilator-interface precautions
Control shared equipment, surfaces, isolation, and MDRO pathways
Interpret device-day surveillance and verify infection signals
Audit reliability and prioritize corrective improvement actions

Course Agenda

Day 1: ICU Risk Pathways and Control Governance

Critical Care Infection Risk Pathway Map
Device, Contact, and Environment Interface Review
ICU Infection Prevention Responsibility Matrix
High-Risk Patient and Procedure Profile
Escalation and Stop-Process Decision Chart

Day 2: Central and Urinary Catheter Controls

Central Line Insertion Readiness Checklist
Maximal Barrier and Aseptic Practice Observation
Central Line Maintenance Reliability Tool
Urinary Catheter Indication and Necessity Review
Device Access, Handover, and Removal Record

Day 3: Ventilation, Respiratory Devices, and Equipment

Ventilator and Respiratory Circuit Interface Map
Airway Equipment Handling Checklist
Shared Noncritical Equipment Status Board
Cleaning and Reprocessing Handover Log
Condensate, Moisture, and Contamination Exception Record

Day 4: Isolation, Surveillance, and Response

MDRO Precaution and Cohorting Decision Map
Device-Day Denominator and Event Data Sheet
ICU Infection Signal Verification Tool
Cluster and Transmission Pathway Review
Corrective Bundle and Feedback Tracker

Day 5: ICU Reliability and Improvement

Suggested Exercise: ICU Infection Risk Mapping
Suggested Exercise: Central Line and Catheter Observation
Suggested Exercise: Respiratory Equipment Interface Review
Suggested Exercise: Surveillance and Cluster Decisions
Capstone Exercise: ICU Device Infection Prevention Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities with fictional medical, surgical, respiratory, and mixed intensive-care scenarios.

Suggested activity: identify device, contact, environmental, and handover risks in an ICU pathway.
Suggested activity: observe central-line controls and review urinary-catheter necessity.
Suggested activity: trace respiratory equipment handling, shared-device status, and reprocessing handoffs.
Suggested activity: calculate device-day measures, verify a signal, and coordinate corrective action.

FAQs

Who should attend advanced ICU infection prevention training?

The course suits ICU nurses, managers, infection preventionists, respiratory care personnel, quality teams, and professionals who oversee device, environment, isolation, surveillance, or improvement controls in critical care.

How does ICU infection prevention differ from general hospital IPC?

ICU prevention focuses on high device exposure, frequent access, invasive support, vulnerable patients, shared equipment, close contact, complex handoffs, intensive surveillance, and rapid escalation of control failures.

How are central-line and urinary-catheter risks controlled?

Teams use appropriate indications, trained personnel, insertion readiness, aseptic technique, maintenance observations, access control, daily necessity review, reliable handover, and prompt removal when no longer needed.

What belongs in respiratory-device infection control?

Controls cover equipment status, handling boundaries, circuit and airway interfaces, moisture and condensate risks, cleaning, reprocessing handoffs, storage, staff responsibilities, and escalation of contamination concerns.

How does surveillance support ICU improvement?

Surveillance uses clear definitions, device-day denominators, validated data, signal verification, trend review, cluster assessment, feedback, and corrective bundles while remaining distinct from bedside clinical diagnosis.

Conclusion

Participants leave with an ICU Device Infection Prevention Pack containing risk maps, insertion and maintenance tools, respiratory-equipment controls, device-status records, surveillance sheets, response arrangements, and improvement actions. The pack connects high-risk critical-care work with observable reliability. It helps multidisciplinary teams coordinate prevention around patients, devices, people, equipment, and data.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Amman	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Madrid	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Doha	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 07, 2027 15 – 19 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Prague	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Porto	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Geneva	Week 08, 2027 28 February – 4 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,200
London	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Amsterdam	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Kuala Lumpur	Week 11, 2027 15 – 19 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Montreux	Week 12, 2027 22 – 26 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Rome	Week 13, 2027 29 March – 2 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Lisbon	Week 13, 2027 29 March – 2 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Marbella	Week 13, 2027 4 – 8 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 14, 2027 5 – 9 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Vienna	Week 15, 2027 12 – 16 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Langkawi	Week 15, 2027 18 – 22 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Frankfurt	Week 16, 2027 19 – 23 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Tashkent	Week 16, 2027 25 – 29 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewAdvanced ICU Infection Prevention and Device Safety Course is a one-week advanced course for ICU nurses, critical care managers, infection prevention staff, respiratory care leaders, quality teams, and healthcare professionals. Participants build an ICU Device Infection Prevention Pack through ICU infection prevention and device safety, central li…

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.

ICU Infection Prevention and Device Safety Course