🏥 Patient Safety & Infection Prevention Fundamentals

A complete, practical foundation in keeping patients safe and preventing infection. Across 22 modules you will master why harm happens and how just culture and human-factors thinking reduce it, the chain of infection and standard and transmission-based precautions, the WHO 5 Moments and correct hand-hygiene technique, PPE, safe injections, environmental cleaning, device-associated infections, antimicrobial stewardship, medication safety, patient identification, SBAR handover, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, falls and pressure-injury prevention, and incident reporting. Every module ends with key takeaways, and the course finishes with a 45-question exam. It maps to WHO Patient Safety & IPC essentials. The course is organized into 22 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is free awareness-level training designed for anyone who needs a practical, working understanding of the topic.

What you'll learn

• Patient Safety & Why Harm Happens
• Just Culture & Human Factors
• The Swiss-Cheese Model & Systems Thinking
• Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
• The Chain of Infection
• Standard Precautions
• Transmission-Based Precautions
• Hand Hygiene: The WHO 5 Moments
• Hand Hygiene Technique: Handrub vs Soap
• PPE & Safe Donning and Doffing
• Safe Injection Practices & Sharps Safety
• Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection
• Device-Associated Infections & Aseptic Technique
• Antimicrobial Stewardship & AMR
• Medication Safety & the 5 Rights
• High-Alert Medications & LASA
• Medication Reconciliation Across Transitions
• Patient Identification: Two Identifiers
• SBAR & Safe Clinical Handover
• Surgical Safety & the WHO Checklist
• Falls & Pressure-Injury Prevention
• Incident Reporting & Speaking Up

Learning objectives

• Explain what patient safety means and the scale of preventable harm in healthcare
• Apply just-culture and human-factors thinking, and the Swiss-cheese / systems model
• Describe healthcare-associated infections and break the chain of infection
• Apply standard precautions and the correct transmission-based precautions (contact, droplet, airborne)
• Perform hand hygiene using the WHO 5 Moments and correct handrub and handwash technique
• Select, don and doff PPE safely and use safe injection and sharps practices
• Apply aseptic technique to prevent CLABSI, CAUTI and VAP, and support antimicrobial stewardship
• Reduce medication errors with the 5 Rights, high-alert and LASA controls, and medication reconciliation
• Use two patient identifiers, structured SBAR handover, the Surgical Safety Checklist, and falls/pressure-injury prevention
• Pass a 45-question exam (80% to earn your certificate)