Infection Prevention and Control Best Practices - College ...

INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL BEST PRACTICES
FOR LONG TERM CARE AND COMMUNITY CARE INCLUDING HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND AMBULATORY CLINICS
CORE COMPETENCIES TABLE (CONTINUED)
AREA OF COMPETENCY DETAILED CORE COMPETENCY
Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilization/ Waste
Management
Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance
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Maintains safe clean environment
Understands importance of using PPE when sorting
laundry
Recognizes that re-useable equipment that has
been in direct contact with a patient should be
cleaned and reprocessed before use in the care of
another patient
Appreciates the differences between clean,
disinfected (low, medium, and high-level) and
sterile items
Knows the difference between regular and
biohazard wastes
Additional Precautions Understands Transmission Based Precautions
(Additional Precautions): why and when they are
used