Your certificate is certified by CAHO

Recognised by accredited hospitals across India

The Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organisations (CAHO) is the body Indian hospitals turn to for quality and accreditation training. And when you apply for the ICN post at a bigger hospital, a CAHO-certified certificate is recognised across the country.
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It fits around a working week

Two hours a week, on the ward you already work.

  • Two hours a week

    Thirty to forty-five minutes of lessons, then an hour on your own ward.

  • One chapter at a time

    A new chapter opens each week. Miss one and it waits for you.

  • No study leave needed

    The ward tasks are done during shifts you are already working.

What you will be able to do by the end of the course

Things you can do on your own ward.

  • Walk any ward in your hospital and name what is going to cause the next infection

  • Calculate device-associated infection rates correctly and present them to a committee without being criticised

  • Decide patient placement and isolation when there is one side-room and three patients who need it

  • Write and run an outbreak response instead of improvising one

  • Manage a needlestick exposure from the moment it is reported to the last serology

  • Answer NABH 6th edition IPC objective elements with your own evidence in your hand

  • Write next year's infection control plan, with an audit calendar attached

Course curriculum

    1. Why this course matters

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. SkillsforMed Introduction

    3. Welcome to the SkillsforMed ICN course.

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Your learning contract

    5. Your commitment

    6. Your Facility Profile

    7. Do it now - Facility Profile

    8. The IPC year

    9. What you will be able to do

    10. How you will be assessed

    11. Video session

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Why this matters

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before you start

    3. What you will build

    4. The chain of infection

    5. Reservoirs: where organisms live

    6. How organisms travel

    7. The susceptible host

    8. Breaking the chain

    9. Walk your ward and map it

    10. What good looks like

    11. Listen back

    12. Chapter check

    13. On your ward

    14. Go deeper

    1. Why this matters

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before you start

    3. What makes an infection healthcare-associated

    4. Endemic, cluster, outbreak

    5. What a programme must contain

    6. Who does infection control

    7. Signal or noise: eight weeks of your own data

    8. Listen back

    9. From the course director

    10. Chapter check

    11. On your ward

    12. What good looks like

    13. Go deeper

    14. Video learning session

    1. Why this matters

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before you start

    3. What you will build

    4. Why hands carry the infection

    5. The five moments

      FREE PREVIEW

    6. Rub or wash and scrub

    7. Rub, wash or scrub: map your hospital

    8. Technique, and what defeats it

    9. Listen back

    10. From the course director

    11. Chapter check

    12. On your ward

    13. What good looks like

    14. Go deeper

    15. Video Learning Session

    1. Why this matters

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before you start

    3. How to calculate compliance

    4. What is the Hawthorne effect?

    5. Seven ways to reduce the Hawthorne effect

    6. Reading your number

    7. Improving your audit with PDSA

    8. Hand hygiene apps and electronic monitoring

    9. Five things that change practice

    10. Your observation schedule

    11. Listen back

    12. From the course director

    13. Chapter check

    14. On your ward

    15. What good looks like

    16. Go deeper

    17. Video learning session

    1. Why this matters

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before you start

    3. What you will build in this module

    4. What are standard precautions?

    5. Choosing PPE for the task

    6. Gloves: when to wear them and when not to

    7. Putting on and taking off PPE

    8. PPE at the point of use

    9. Watch: putting on and taking off PPE

    10. Listen back

    11. From the course director

    12. Chapter check

    13. On your ward

    14. Go deeper

    15. Video learning session

About this course

  • ₹11,999.00
  • 106 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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