Online Courses Boost Infection Control Skills That Could Prove Vital In A Pandemic

Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

Staff who took part in a specially designed online infection control course -- in addition to receiving on-the-job training -- said their skills improved by a fifth and led to a number of suggestions and improvements being adopted by their hospital. Infection control is a major issue for health care professionals amid rising MRSA and C.difficile rates and the threat of a possible pandemic at some point in the future.

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