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416 289 5000
1-800-268-4419 (in Ontario)
P.O. Box 631 Station A
Toronto, ON, M1K 5E9
Preventing and Controlling Infections in Non Acute Care Settings
| Course Code | PI-500 |
| Course Name | Preventing and Controlling Infections in Non Acute Care Settings |
| Category | Health Professionals |
| Description | IPAC Essentials for Non Acute Care Settings is a 8 week (28 hour) asynchronous online course designed for all currently employed regulated health care workers and administrators.... tasked with the role of assessing, implementing and/or overseeing the implementation of an infection prevention and control (IPAC) program in a congregate non-acute health-care setting (e.g., long-term care homes [LTCH], retirement homes [RH]). This course provides participants with basic, foundational IPAC knowledge for preventing the transmission of organisms and outbreak management in congregate settings. The course may prepare a learner to attain their a-IPC (Associate - Infection Prevention and Control) entry-level certification examination through the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology. It will not prepare a learner in attaining their CIC® (Certified in Infection Prevention and Control) credentialing which identifies healthcare professionals who have shown mastery of knowledge in infection prevention and control. You can register online. Verification of pre-requisites, by email of letter of employment on your facilities stationary, will be required after registration and tuition payment has been processed. Your registration is verified with email receipt from the college. |
| Notes | For more information on this course, please contact Health Studies part-time at: healthstudies.pt@centennialcollege.ca https://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/schools/school-of-community-and-health-studies/preventing-and-controlling-infections-in-non-acute-care-settings-course/ |
| Contact Telephone | 416-289-5207 |
| Contact E-mail | ce@centennialcollege.ca |
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| Register Online | https://secure.centennialcollege.ca/webreg/ |
| Section | Cost | Semester | Start Date | End Date | Meeting Times | Campus | ||||
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| 821 | $899.00 | Winter 2023 | 2023-01-09 | 2023-04-21 |
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Distance Online | ||||
| 841 | $899.00 | Summer 2023 | 2023-05-08 | 2023-08-18 |
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Distance Online |
| Legend for Days M - Monday T - Tuesday W - Wednesday R - Thursday F - Friday S - Saturday U - Sunday TBA - To Be Announced |