Online Modules
First, do no harm. How do you keep yourselves, your patients, and your families safe when using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while caring for patients in isolation? The Personal Protective Equipment Certification Course aims to prepare healthcare providers to care for patients who require droplet and contact isolation on medical admission units in the Calgary Zone, assuring adherence to existing infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols and avoid exposure to suspected pathogens.
After completing the course, you will be equipped to:
- Recognize and evaluate the indications for PPE use
- Recognize the features of appropriate hand hygiene
- List the steps for donning and doffing PPE
- List the indications for N95 mask use
Credit hours: 1.0 Mainpro+ Self-Learning one-credit-per-hour / MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment Program
Format: Self-paced online modules
This course was co-developed with Calgary Medicine Emergency-Pandemic Operations Command (MEOC) and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.
Acknowledgement
Primary authors: Dr. Ghazwan Altabbaa, Corrinne Pidhorney (IPC consultant) and Dr. Vanessa Meier-Stephenson
Teaching faculty: Simulation educators and IPC professionals