Training courses on infection prevention and control (IPC)

Agencies

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

• Catalogue of infection control and hospital hygiene courses in the European Union

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control (2019)

Professional societies

Infection Prevention Society/International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IPS/IFH)

• Home Hygiene - Prevention of infection at home and in everyday life: a learning and training resource (2018)

EU/EEA countries

Cyprus

• Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Control (School of Medicine, European University Cyprus)

Czech republic

• Certified course on infection prevention and control in health care facilities (Charles University in Prague)

Denmark

•  E-learning – Interactive educational materials on infection control, including “What You Should Know About Hand Hygiene”  (Statens Serum Institut, 2018)

Germany

• Antibiotic stewardship course - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene (DGKH)

Hungary

• Infection control and patient safety (University of Debrecen)

Ireland

• Postgraduate diploma (infection prevention & control nursing) (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland School of Nursing & Midwifery)
• MSc infection prevention & control nursing (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland School of Nursing & Midwifery)
• MSc in healthcare infection (Trinity College Dublin)
• Postgraduate certificate in health protection – online (CKU13) (University College Cork)
• Postgraduate diploma in public health (health protection) (University College Cork)
• Master of public health (CKX11) (University College Cork)

Lithuania

• Epidemiological surveillance of healthcare associated infections (Institute of Hygiene)

Malta

• Infection prevention and control (University of Malta)

Poland

• Infection control in healthcare facilities (Jagiellonian University Medical College)

Sweden

• e-utbildning - Basala hygienrutiner