Starting on:
Aug 27, 2024
Ending on:
Aug 27, 2024
Moderator(s):
Venue:
KUTRRH
Max Credits:
3 Points
Provider:
Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital
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Aug 27, 2024
Ending on:
Aug 27, 2024
Moderator(s):
KUTRRH
Max Credits:
3 Points
Provider:
Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital
Claim Points
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR MONKEYPOX
Starting on:
Aug 27, 2024
Aug 27, 2024
Ending on:
Aug 27, 2024
Aug 27, 2024
Venue:
KUTRRH
KUTRRH
Description
Health workers should always follow standard precautions and perform a risk assessment to evaluate the need to use additional precautions. Standard precautions include: hand hygiene respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette patient placement personal protective equipment aseptic technique safe injections and sharps injury prevention environmental cleaning and disinfection handling of laundry and linen decontamination and reprocessing or reusable patient care items and equipment waste management.
Objectives
Health workers should perform hand hygiene according to the WHO Your 5 moments for hand hygiene, including prior to putting on and after removing PPE.