Training courses on infection prevention and control (IPC)
AGENCIES
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Clean Care is Safer Care. Tools for training and education (2009)
- Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control (2019)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
Infection Prevention Society/International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IPS/IFH)
EU/EEA COUNTRIES
Austria
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Training and continuing education in hospital hygiene/infection control for doctors (Austrian Society of Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine) Description of the course (coming soon)
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Croatia
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Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (University of Zagreb School of Medicine)
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Cyprus
- Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Control (School of Medicine, European University Cyprus)
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Czech republic
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Certified course on infection prevention and control in health care facilities (Charles University in Prague)
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Denmark
- E-learning – Hand hygiene (Statens Serum Institut, 2018)
Organisation’s website - E-learning – Interaktivt undervisningsmateriale om infektionshygiejne, inkl. ‘Værd at vide om håndhygiejne’ (Statens Serum Institut, 2018)
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Finland
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Specialization studies for hygiene nurse (Arcada University of Applied Sciences)
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France
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Nosocomial infections and hospital hygiene (Pierre and Marie Curie University-Paris V, René Descartes University-Paris VI, Denis Diderot University-Paris VII)
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Health care-associated infections and hospital hygiene (University of Lorraine)
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Germany
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Curricular Training "Hospital Hygiene" of the Federal Chamber of Physicians (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie - DGHM & Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Umweltmedizin und Präventivmedizin - GHUP)
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Antibiotic stewardship course - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene (DGKH)
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Hungary
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Infection control and patient safety (University of Debrecen)
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Ireland
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Postgraduate diploma (infection prevention & control nursing) (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland School of Nursing & Midwifery)
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MSc infection prevention & control nursing (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland School of Nursing & Midwifery)
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MSc in healthcare infection management (Trinity College Dublin)
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Postgraduate certificate in health protection – campus based (CKU02) (University College Cork)
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Postgraduate certificate in health protection – online (CKU13) (University College Cork)
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Postgraduate diploma in public health (health protection) (University College Cork)
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Master of public health (CKX11) (University College Cork)
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Lithuania
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Healthcare associated infections management (control) (Centre of continuous training and specialization for nurse)
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Epidemiological surveillance of healthcare associated infections (Institute of Hygiene)
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Malta
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Infection prevention and control (University of Malta)
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Netherlands
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Hygiene and infection prevention in healthcare (Wenckebach Institute, Universitair Medical Center Groningen)
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Norway
- Infection Prevention and Control (University of South-Eastern Norway)
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Poland
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Infection control in healthcare facilities (Jagiellonian University Medical College)
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Slovenia
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Hospital hygiene postgraduate course (University of Ljubljana with collaboration of University Medical Centre Ljubljana)
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Sweden
COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA
United Kingdom
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Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship in healthcare associate infection control (University College London)
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