What you'll learn?

 WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS AND COVID-19?
 WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19?
 SEVERITY OF COVID-19 ILLNESS
 HOW IS COVID-19 TRANSMITTED?
 INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL STRATEGIES
 PERSONAL HYGEINE TO PREVENT SPREAD
 STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
 HAND HYGIENE
 PATIENTS HAND HYGIENE
 STANDARD PRECAUTIONS - GLOVES
 STANDARD PRECAUTIONS - APRONS
 TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS
 DROPLET ISOLATION – KNOWN PRECAUTIONS
 COHORTING
 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING-I
 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING-II
 FFP3 RESPIRATOR MASKS-I
 FFP3 RESPIRATOR MASKS-II
 WHY THE CHANGE IN INFECTION CONTROL PRECAUTIONS?
 REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (DOFFING)
 SUMMARY OF PRECAUTIONS
 ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS – RESIDENTIAL CARE
 ENVIROMENTAL CONTAMINATION
 CLEANING, WASTE AND LAUNDRY
 STAFF UNIFORM & SAFETY AT HOME
 STAFF WITH COVID-19
 IDENTIFYING SUSPECTED COVID-19 PATIENT
 USEFUL RESOURCES
 THANK YOU!

Description

1.Coronaviruses circulate between animals and humans; sometimes new variants of the coronavirus emerge such as COVID-19.

2.COVID-19 has the potential to spread widely as lack of immunity means everyone in the population is susceptible.

3.Symptoms start 5 to 11 days after exposure

4.Similar to seasonal flu

5.Majority have fever and dry cough (rapid onset)

6.Symptoms last 5 - 6 days

7.Severe illness starts day 7

*Shortness of breath

*Lung inflammation

*Pneumonia

Who's should take this course

Health care worker

Carer

Support worker