Africa CDC

Series 3

        

 

3.1 Update on the transmission and clinical ventilation - droplet and airborne 
5 August 2020

Objectives:

  • Transmission via aerosols
  • IPC principles – ventilation
  • Types of ventilation
  • Natural ventilation principles

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3.2 Biosafety from sample collection to the laboratory 
19 August 2020

Objectives:

  • Role of the laboratory in COVID-19 diagnostics
  • SARS-CoV-2 and the laboratory worker
  • Analytic considerations
  • Engineering and administrative controls

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3.3 IPC for First Responders and Community Workers 
26 August 2020

Objectives:

  • What all first responders should know about COVID19
  • Who are first responders- EMP/Police/ A& E staff
  • Departmental changes needed during outbreak
  • How to protect them and what can they do to protect themselves
  • Burnout and how to improve mental health
  • Correctional services

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3.4 The New Normal: IPC in Work Places and Schools
2 September 2020

Objectives:

  • How to keep safe at school and at work
  • How can we teach tasks and skills safely

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3.5 IPC in Dental Practice: Going back to work safely with COVID-19 
9 September 2020 

Objectives:

  • Transmission characteristics
  • Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry
  • Infection Risk in Dentistry
  • Concepts of care
  • Minimising Risk
  • Environmental cleaning
  • PPE
  • Workplace controls

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3.6 IPC in Maternity Settings
16 September 2020

Objectives:

  • Overview of infection prevention and control (IPC)
  • Significance of IPC for COVID-19 in Maternity Units
  • Requirements for IPC in the context of COVID-19 in the antenatal, labour and postnatal ward

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