Training Title:
Infection Control: Environmental Safety

Clock Hours: 1

Objectives:
After completing this course, participants should be able to: • Identify and define the scope of environmental cleaning; • Identify categories of environmental surfaces and differentiate between high-touch and low-touch environmental surfaces; • Differentiate low-level from intermediate-level disinfection and turnover cleaning from terminal cleaning; • Recognize the standards of practice and regulations for environmental cleaning in health care facilities; and • Identify procedures and policies that are compliant with environmental cleaning standards for health care facilities.

Description:
This course developed by the Medicare Learning Network is to teach you about proper cleaning practices in health care facilities; categories of environmental surfaces and turnover cleaning versus terminal cleaning. Keywords: Infection control, cleaning, Medicare

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