This 4 day course is intended to provide infection preventionists in hospitals with the opportunity to develop their knowledge of healthcare-associated infections and to improve their skills in clinical surveillance. This course will enable learners to know NC Laws and legal aspects of infection control, how to conduct an infection control assessment, how to do surveillance, related statistics, and successfully report data, know pathophysiology and microbiology of healthcare associated infections, and how to report HAIs to NHSN.

The format for the course is livestreamed webinar. Professionally recorded presentations will be livestreamed in real time. Q&A with the instructor via your questions in writing will follow each session.

Thanks to CDC / NCDHHS Contract Funding, the tuition for this course has been reduced to $0 for 2022.

NOTE: Successful completion of BOTH "Infection Control Part 1: Clinical Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections" and "Infection Control Part 2: The Infection Preventionist as an Environmentalist" offered by SPICE will meet the requirements of the NC Infection Control law 10A NCAC 41A.0206 for attending an approved course. The two courses need not be taken in order.

Cancellation Policy: Please contact amy_powell@med.unc.edu if you are unable to attend. 

Continuing Education: This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours Requested: 25.25

Contact

Amy Powell: amy_powell@med.unc.edu

919-966-6383