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Communicable Disease Policies and Procedures Online Training

Learn about communicable diseases, universal precautions, handling bodily fluids, and confidentiality through this online training. Stay updated on the latest information about HIV, Hepatitis, and TB.

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Communicable Disease Policies and Procedures Online Training

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  1. Communicable Disease Policies and Procedures Online Training Version 4.2 Click here to begin

  2. GREETINGS! I’m Ned the Narrator. Thanks for choosing the online learning format for Communicable Disease Control at Beech Acres. I’ll lead you through this learning experience. Click on the guide arrows to advance or back up.

  3. Throughout this session, you can control your progress by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the screen. If your cursor disappears at anytime, just roll the mouse around till the cursor re-appears.

  4. Goal of this presentation To provide a refresher training about Communicable Disease… Hmmmm… Why would someone need to take this training? For all Beech Acres staff members as per our policy which is : “To ensure the health and safety of its staff and clients and of those persons with whom its staff and clients have contact either at its facilities or in its foster homes.”

  5. Communicable Disease and how it is transmitted Universal Precautions Facts regarding HIV, Hepatitis and TB Guidelines for Handling Bodily Fluids and Medical Records management and policy for treatment planning at Beech Acres. Beech Acres policy regarding Confidentiality, Disclosure of information You can expect to learn about…

  6. Communicable Disease HIV, Hepatitis and TB Universal Precautions Guidelines for Handling Bodily Fluids, and treatment planning Confidentiality, Disclosure of information The training will be organized like this…

  7. The blocks help you know where you are… For example…when you are learning about HIV, TB and Hepatitis… the blocks look like this… HIV, TB Hepatitis Check it out!

  8. Communicable Disease HIV, TB Hepatitis Universal Precautions Handling Body Fluids Confidentiality After each of these sections, there will be a chance for you to review your learning. Choosing the correct response will advance you to the next section. When you complete all the sections, you will receive credit for this mandatory training.

  9. Communicable Disease HIV, TB Hepatitis Universal Precautions Handling Body Fluids Confidentiality One more thing… Before you begin, there are two more people you need to meet… May I introduce… Richard, the Beech Acres Privacy Officer And… Lenny the Lab Guy

  10. Greetings! I’m Richard, your Beech Acres Privacy Officer. My job here at Beech Acres, is to insure that the utmost care is given to protect the confidentiality of all records, files, and other information regarding the health status of clients, staff members, volunteers, and foster parents.

  11. A very important part of my job is to… Make sure that everyone at Beech Acres is informed about Communicable Disease and knows what to do to protect themselves and their clients.

  12. I’ll be talking with you later about some very important Beech Acres policies and procedures. Now, let me introduce a good friend to help with the education part!

  13. It’s great to meet you! I am Lenny the Lab Guy… and your EXPERT about communicable diseases. I know some folks find viruses and body fluids really YUCKY… and sometimes confusing. Maybe I’m weird… but I am really into learning about viruses and how they can be transmitted from one person to another. I’m here to help you will feel more comfortable talking about Communicable Diseases.

  14. After Ned explains just what is a communicable disease, I will lead you through your learning about… • The latest information about HIV, Hepatitis and TB • Universal Precautions

  15. Communicable Disease Are you ready? Let’s begin with an exploration of Communicable Diseases…

  16. Communicable Disease What is a Communicable Disease?

  17. Communicable Disease A Communicable Disease is a disease that can be transmitted by infectious bacteria or viral organisms from one person to another. In other words, if someone has a Communicable Disease… you could catch it by hanging out with them unless you are careful…

  18. Communicable Disease Most diseases are spread through contact or close proximity because the bacteria or viruses are airborne. Other diseases include…diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, whooping cough, and smallpox. Examples are influenza (“the flu”)… and a recently discovered disease… SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

  19. Communicable Disease Some bacteria require specific circumstances for their transmission…

  20. Communicable Disease Tuberculosis may be transmitted in several ways… in the exchange of body fluids, through food or eating utensils, and by the air… Syphilis and Gonorrhea require sexual contact… Hepatitis and Malaria are passed through through blood… Here are some examples…

  21. Communicable Disease In the case of HIV… (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), A number of different circumstances will transmit the disease but… Each requires the introduction of a contaminant into the bloodstream. Your blood must be contaminated to get it…

  22. Communicable Disease The bottom line is, control of Communicable Disease depends upon… • Understanding how each disease is transmitted • Each person using Universal Precautions every day

  23. Communicable Disease If you want to get statistics on the incidence of Communicable Diseases here in our area… Follow this Link Communicable Diseases in Ohio

  24. Communicable Disease Let’s Review… Let’s review what you’ve learned about Communicable Diseases!

  25. Communicable Disease A communicable disease is… A disease that can be transmitted by means of using eating utensils. A disease that can be transmitted by means of exchanging body fluids. A disease that can be transmitted by contaminated blood. All of the above. Click on the correct answer

  26. Communicable Disease True, communicable diseases can be spread this way, so let’s remember not to share eating utensils. There is a more complete answer, so please try again!

  27. Communicable Disease True, a communicable disease can be contracted by exchanging body fluids, but also there are other ways you can contract these diseases.

  28. Communicable Disease Very good! Communicable Diseases are transmitted by means of contaminated blood, but let’s give this question some more thought.

  29. Communicable Disease Great Job! Continue on…

  30. Communicable Disease Please choose the BEST answer… How can you avoid getting a Communicable Disease? A. By understanding how each disease is transmitted… B. By using Universal Precautions C. By NEVER having any human contact Both A&B

  31. Communicable Disease Almost right… but not quite… Unfortunately… simply knowing about how each disease is not enough… You need to DO something each day to reduce your risk in becoming infected. Try Again!

  32. Communicable Disease Soooo close… Using Universal Precautions will dramatically reduce your risk in contracting a Communicable disease… BUT~ you can’t do Universal Precautions until you are educated about the transmission… Try Again!

  33. Communicable Disease Come on now… Social Isolation will certainly reduce the risk… but you know you LOVE working with others!!!! Try Again!

  34. Communicable Disease Great Job! It is important that you understand HOW each Communicable Disease is transmitted… AND practice Universal Precautions every day…

  35. HIV, TB Hepatitis Next, we’ll focus on three specific Communicable Diseases which have particular relevance to Beech Acres. Let’s check in with Lenny the Lab Guy…

  36. HIV, TB Hepatitis Hello again… I will give you the latest information about HIV, Hepatitis and TB, and explain Universal Precautions. Then… Richard the Privacy officer can give you the Guidelines on Handling Bodily Fluids here at Beech Acres…

  37. HIV, TB Hepatitis According to the CDC, blood and certain body fluids are considered potentially infectious for HIV, HBV (hepatitis) and other blood borne pathogens. LATER… I’ll explain how, by following Universal Precautions, you reduce the risk of exposure.

  38. HIV, TB Hepatitis Medical Terms can be really complicated… and make me feel Topsy Turvy… So here is how the National Institute of Health defines HIV…

  39. HIV, TB Hepatitis HumanImmunodeficiencyVirus(HIV) HIV is the retrovirus isolated and recognized as the agent causing or contributing to the cause of AIDS. The genetic material of a retrovirus such as HIV is the RNA itself. HIV inserts its own RNA into the host cell’s DNA, preventing the host cell from carrying out its natural functions and turning it into an HIV factory.

  40. HIV, TB Hepatitis ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) The most severe manifestation of infection with HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists numerous infections and cancers that, in the presence of HIV infection, constitute an AIDS diagnosis.

  41. HIV, TB Hepatitis HIV and AIDS AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening diseases or infections, which are caused by viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.

  42. HIV, TB Hepatitis Here are some interesting facts. Don’t worry though, they won’t be on the quiz! • More than 816,149 cases of AIDS have been reported in the United States since 1981. • As many as 950,000 Americans may be infected with HIV, one-quarter of whom are unaware of their infection. • The epidemic is growing most rapidly among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males ages 25 to 44. • According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS affects nearly seven times more African Americans and three times more Hispanics than whites.

  43. HIV, TB Hepatitis How is HIV spread? • HIV is spread most commonly by having unprotected sex with an infected partner. The virus can enter the body through the lining of the vagina, vulva, penis, rectum, or mouth during sex. • HIV also is spread through contact with infected blood. Before donated blood was screened for evidence of HIV infection and before heat-treating techniques to destroy HIV in blood products were introduced, HIV was transmitted through transfusions of contaminated blood or blood components. Today, because of blood screening and heat treatment, the risk of getting HIV from such transfusions is extremely small.

  44. HIV, TB Hepatitis • HIV frequently is spread among injection drug users by the sharing of needles or syringes contaminated with very small quantities of blood from someone infected with the virus. It is rare, however, for a patient to give HIV to a health care worker or vice-versa by accidental sticks with contaminated needles or other medical instruments. • Women can transmit HIV to their babies during pregnancy or birth. Approximately one-quarter to one-third of all untreated pregnant women infected with HIV will pass the infection to their babies. HIV also can be spread to babies through the breast milk of mothers infected with the virus.

  45. HIV, TB Hepatitis What are the symptoms? • Many people do not have any symptoms when they first become infected with HIV. Some people, however, have a flu-like illness within a month or two after exposure to the virus. This illness may include fever, headache, tiredness and enlarged lymph nodes. • These symptoms usually disappear within a week to a month and are often mistaken for those of another viral infection. During this period, people are very infectious, and HIV is present in large quantities in genital fluids.

  46. HIV, TB Hepatitis • More persistent or severe symptoms may not appear for 10 years or more after HIV first enters the body in adults, or within two years in children born with HIV infection. • Even during the period where there are no symptoms, the virus is actively multiplying, infecting, and killing cells of the immune system. • The most obvious effect of HIV infection is a decline in the number of called T4 cells found in the blood -- the immune system's key infection fighters. At the beginning of its life in the human body, the virus disables or destroys these cells without causing symptoms.

  47. Allow me to illustrate…

  48. HIV travels through the bloodstream.

  49. The immune system, which helps the body fight off illness, sends killer T-cells to seek and destroy infected cells.

  50. This defense is coordinated by these -- the helper T-cells. HIV’s strategy is to attack these T cells, crippling the body's defenses.

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