Surgical Infections Course
This course equips nurses with essential skills to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) and detect them early. Participants learn preoperative optimization, aseptic techniques, intraoperative sterility, wound care, and postoperative monitoring. Through surveillance, documentation, and quality improvement strategies like audits and checklists, nurses will enhance patient safety, reduce complications, and promote safer surgical practices across the perioperative pathway.
4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical expertise in preventing, identifying, and treating surgical site infections throughout the perioperative process. Key topics include risk factors, preoperative preparation, sterile techniques, wound management, early detection signs, and initial interventions. Develop proficiency in monitoring systems, record-keeping, team communication, and using data for continuous improvement to achieve better surgical results.
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Develop skills
- Post-op wound care mastery: perform safe bedside care and detect SSI early.
- Preop infection control: apply evidence-based skin prep, warming, and antibiotics.
- Intraoperative asepsis: maintain sterile fields and prevent OR contamination.
- SSI emergency response: manage early infections, cultures, and empiric therapy fast.
- Data-driven SSI reduction: use audits, PDSA, and checklists to lead change.
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