Infection Prevention Applied to Clinical Practice

The study day is designed to build on infection prevention and control taught in undergraduate courses and augment mandatory updating provided in house in the workplace. It will:

1. Describe the importance and impact of infections and infection prevention on society and in healthcare.

2. Explain the chain of infection and how to break the chain to prevent and control infection.

3. Introduce the main groups of micro-organisms causing disease: bacteria, viruses and fungi with applications to clinical practice.

4. Discuss the contribution of sterilisation, disinfection, cleanliness and asepsis to infection prevention.

The course will be delivered by: 

Professor Dinah Gould is a registered nurse with a first degree in bioscience and a background in infection prevention and control. Since 2019 Dinah has undertaken freelance research and consultancy, leading projects related to the isolation of patients with infection, mitigating the effects of skin damage caused by frequent hand hygiene and reducing the risks of infection when procedures requiring asepsis are undertaken. 

Maria Dingle is a senior lecturer in Biological Sciences and joined the City St Georges, University of London in 1995. As well as a senior lecturer and a nurse, she specialises in teaching biology (including pharmacology, microbiology, pathology, anatomy and physiology) at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Who is it for?

Nurses and other healthcare professionals wishing to extend/update knowledge of infection prevention and control applied to clinical practice.

The study day will enable participants to build on and update their current understanding of infection prevention and control and apply theory to practice through a combination of lectures and group work. We will apply microbiological theory to practice in a series of interactive exercises applied to infections commonly encountered in the clinical environment and discuss risks posed by ‘new’ and emerging pathogens.

Lectures, interactive class exercises.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals wishing to extend/update knowledge of infection prevention and control applied to clinical practice.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.

Useful websites:

World Health Organization –global perspective

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Infection Prevention Society (IPS)

Centers for Disease Control in the US (CDC)

National Manual for Infection Prevention and Control (NMIPC)