Infection Control Course

Universal precautions are a set of principles designed to keep individuals (both providers and recipients of services) safe from exposure to infectious organisms and to educate those same individuals what the appropriate response is should an exposure occur. This course was specifically designed to review the application of these principles to the settings in which SLPs practice and will include examples from the school, home health, long-term care and hospital settings. We will review the modes of transmission, donning and removing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), scene safety, hand hygiene , effective methods of cleaning, and reporting exposures.