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Title: NC Infection Control Curriculum for Outpatient Healthcare Settings

• Learners will gain an infection control knowledge base to ensure and systematically assess that their  facilities have the appropriate infection prevention policies, procedures, and competencies in place to allow healthcare personnel to provide safe patient care consistent with North Carolina communicable disease rule 10A NCAC 41A .0206: Infection Prevention - Healthcare Facilities.

• Learners must complete all 7 modules and achieve a score of 80% or greater on each module before moving to the next module. Learners must complete the on-line course evaluation to receive the course completion certificate and continuing education credit.

• The expiration date for this course is 8/25/2027.

• The content of this activity has no connection with any products consumed by or used on patients, so there is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control the content of this activity.

Faculty: Evelyn Cook, RN, CIC; Former Associate Director, SPICE

Nursing Contact Hours:  4.0

Activity Approval Statement:

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. #9622

Criteria for awarding contact hours:

·       Learners must attend the entire educational activity

·       Learners must successfully complete a post-test (attendee must score 80% or higher) at the end of each module

·       Learners must complete the evaluation form

Evaluation of knowledge gained:

Learners will be asked to select a presentation/module where they gained knowledge. Using an open-ended response option, learners will list practice(s) related to infection prevention that they intend to change as a result of knowledge gained during the activity and state how they will implement that change.

Relevant Financial Relationships:

Robert Cooney, DrPH, MPH, BSN, RN was an advisor to the ineligible company PDI. The financial relationship with this ineligible company has ended and has been mitigated.

Evelyn Cook, RN, CIC has no relevant financial relationships.

Jennifer Hubbard, MHA has no relevant financial relationships.

NCNA Approval Expiration Date: 8/25/2027