Accessing Your Health Stream Learning Account for Infection Prevention and Control Education

Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) is paramount in all healthcare settings. Ensuring that healthcare workers and related staff have access to the most current and effective training is crucial for patient and worker safety. Public Health Ontario provides a suite of online learning modules designed to enhance IPAC knowledge and practices. To fully leverage these resources, creating and utilizing your health stream learning account is your first step towards a safer healthcare environment.

Essential IPAC Courses Available Through Your Learning Account

Public Health Ontario offers various specialized courses accessible through your health stream learning account, catering to different roles and responsibilities within healthcare. These modules are designed to be concise, engaging, and highly informative, ensuring that busy professionals can easily integrate learning into their schedules.

IPAC Fundamentals for Non-Clinical Staff

For individuals without formal healthcare training but working in congregate living environments such as shelters, group homes, and residential treatment centers, the “IPAC for Non-Clinical Staff” course is invaluable. This module, accessible through your health stream learning account, equips learners with essential IPAC knowledge to protect themselves, clients, and colleagues. Key learning areas include risk assessment, hand hygiene, safe use of personal protective equipment (PPE), administrative and environmental infection control measures, and best practices in outbreak management.

Course Highlights:

• Target audience: Non-clinical staff in congregate living settings.
• Duration: Approximately 10 minutes per module.
• Modules: 8 modules, including an overview and seven content-focused modules.
• Certificate: Yes, awarded upon completion of all 8 modules, accessible via your health stream learning account.
• Technical Needs: Speakers or headphones for audio content.
• Access Instructions: Search “IPAC for Non-Clinical Staff” in the LMS course catalog after logging into your health stream learning account.

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Core IPAC Competencies for All Healthcare Workers

The “IPAC Core Competencies” course is designed as a foundational program for all Ontario healthcare workers, regardless of their specific role, experience, or healthcare setting. By accessing this course through your health stream learning account, you can strengthen your understanding of core IPAC principles and contribute to reducing infection transmission risks. The curriculum is structured to safeguard healthcare workers, patients, residents, and colleagues from infections.

Course Highlights:

• Target audience: All healthcare workers across all settings.
• Duration: 10-15 minutes per module.
• Modules: 7 modules (with variations for module 7 based on healthcare setting).
• Certificate: Yes, for each module upon achieving a 100% score on the module test, downloadable from your health stream learning account.
• Technical Needs: Speakers or headphones for audio content.
• Resources: Resources for Trainers for supplementary materials.
• Access Instructions: Search “IPAC Core Competencies” in the LMS course catalog after logging into your health stream learning account.

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Reprocessing Best Practices in Community Healthcare

Maintaining stringent standards for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of reusable medical equipment is vital in preventing infection transmission. The “Reprocessing in Community Health Care settings” course, available through your health stream learning account, provides essential knowledge on best practices in reprocessing. This course covers general concepts, safe reprocessing skills, the importance of adherence to best practices, and the consequences of inadequate reprocessing.

Course Highlights:

• Target audience: Healthcare providers in community settings who reprocess reusable medical equipment.
• Duration: 2 to 4 hours in total.
• Modules: 9 modules.
• Certificate: Yes, for each module upon achieving a 100% score on the module test, accessible through your health stream learning account.
• Technical Needs: Speakers or headphones for audio content.
• Access Instructions: Search “Reprocessing” in the LMS course catalog after logging into your health stream learning account.

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C. difficile Infection (CDI) Case Scenario Training

For Infection Control Professionals and healthcare providers managing CDI cases, the “Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) Case Scenarios” module offers practical training in surveillance and outbreak management. Accessible through your health stream learning account, these scenarios allow learners to apply their knowledge to complex CDI situations, including case definition application, case classification, follow-up actions, and reporting according to provincial guidelines.

Course Highlights:

• Target audience: Infection Control Professionals and healthcare providers managing CDI in Ontario hospitals.
• Duration: 10 to 15 minutes per scenario.
• Scenarios: 5 case scenarios.
• Certificate: No certificate is offered for this module.
• Technical Needs: Speakers or headphones for audio content.
• Access Instructions: Search “CDI” in the LMS course catalog after logging into your health stream learning account.

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Enhance Your IPAC Expertise with a Health Stream Learning Account

By creating and actively using your health stream learning account, you gain access to these vital IPAC education resources, contributing to safer and more effective healthcare practices. These courses represent a commitment to continuous learning and professional development in infection prevention and control. Start exploring the modules today and empower yourself and your colleagues with the knowledge to make a real difference in healthcare safety.