New York State Infection Control

• Element I 
• Standards of Professional Conduct 
• Responsibilities of Healthcare Professionals 
• Element II 
• Introduction to the Infectious Disease Process – The Chain of Infection 
• What Happens Once Exposure to a Pathogen Occurs? 
• How Do We Prevent the Spread of Pathogens in Healthcare Setting? 
• Hand Hygiene to Prevent the Spread of Pathogens 
• Hand Hygiene Methods 
• Host Support to Prevent the Spread of Pathogens 
• Environmental Controls to Prevent the Spread of Pathogens 
• Engineering and Work Practice Controls to Reduce the Spread of Pathogens 
• Element III 
• High Risk Practices and Procedures 
• Unsafe Injection Practices 
• Safe Injection Practices 
• OSHA Guidelines for Safe Injections 
• Who is at Risk for Exposure to a Pathogen? 
• What Types of Devices Can Cause Exposure? 
• Where do Exposures Occur? 
• What Circumstances Lead to Exposure to a Pathogen? 
• Engineering Controls 
• Work Practice Controls 
• Element IV 
• Types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 
• Choosing PPE Based on Anticipated Interaction 
• Proper Fit for PPE 
• Proper Use of PPE 
• Putting on PPE 
• Removing PPE 
• Element V 
• Universal Principles for Reprocessing Medical Equipment 
• Factors Influencing Potential for Contamination 
• Steps of Reprocessing 
• How to Determine What Level of Reprocessing is Needed 
• Cleaning Medical Equipment 
• Disinfecting Medical Equipment 
• Sterilizing Medical Equipment 
• Handling, Packaging, and Storing Sterilized Equipment 
• Potential Sources of Cross-Contamination in the Healthcare Setting 
• Factors That Have Contributed to Contamination and Disease Transmission 
• Expectations for Healthcare Professionals 
• Element VI 
• Employee Health Assessments 
• Management of Healthcare Workers with Potential Communicable Disease 
• Healthcare Workers and Bloodborne Pathogens Risk 
• Hepatitis B 
• Hepatitis C 
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 
• Prevention Strategies for Bloodborne Pathogens 
• What Should a Healthcare Worker Do if Exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens? 
• What Should a Healthcare Worker Do if Exposed to an Airborne or Droplet Pathogen? 
• What if a Healthcare Worker is Infected with a Bloodborne Pathogen? 
• Element VII 
• Understanding Sepsis 
• New York State Sepsis Improvement Initiative and Rory Staunton’s Law 
• Causes of Sepsis 
• Early Recognition of Sepsis 
• Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock 
• Principles of Sepsis Treatment 
• Patient Education and Sepsis Prevention 

• Learn how pathogens get transmitted in healthcare environments. 
• Understand how to apply scientifically accepted infection prevention/control principles to your work practices. 
• List methods for minimizing pathogens’ transmission opportunities to patients and healthcare workers. 
• Describe sepsis and the principles of its treatment. 

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