Link to ECDC Core Competencies
The materials of this course have been mapped to 3 domains in 2 areas of ECDC Competencies for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control. In the table below, the three domains are coloured green.
Area |
Domain |
Area 1. Programme management |
Elaborating and advocating an infection control programme |
Management of an infection control programme, work plan and projects |
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Area 2. Quality improvement |
Contributing to quality management |
Contributing to risk management |
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Performing audits of professional practices and evaluating performance |
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Infection control training of employees |
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Contributing to research |
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Area 3. Surveillance and investigation of healthcare- associated infections (HAIs) |
Designing a surveillance system |
Managing (implementation, follow up, evaluation) a surveillance system |
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Identifying, investigating and managing outbreaks |
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Area 4. Infection control activities |
Elaborating infection control interventions |
Implementing infection control healthcare procedures |
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Contributing to reducing antimicrobial resistance |
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Advising appropriate laboratory testing and use of laboratory data |
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Decontamination and sterilisation of medical devices |
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Controlling environmental sources of infections |
The general course documents (AB001, AB002, and AB003), link to these 3 domains in general sense.
Furthermore, materials were mapped to ECDC Intervention Epidemiology Competencies: