Earning Criteria

• Review evidence from national literature supporting adherence to standard precautions.
• Discuss strategies to promote adherence to standard precautions among healthcare workers.
• Understand the effectiveness of contact precautions against transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms.
• Describe the difference between contact, droplet, and airborne precautions against transmission of respiratory viruses.
• Understand the application of infection prevention and control in pediatric patient populations.