HIPAA & Infection Control Compliance Courses.

$60.00
SKU
012-396

The HIPAA & Infection Control course bundle contains the following two VGMU courses:

HIP001 - Understanding HIPAA

This course provides an overview of HIPAA, including the reasons for the law, how it is enforced, how the law has changed over time and how HIPAA relates to the health care industry. You should complete this course before completing part two of this series (“HIP002 – Working with HIPAA).  

INF003 - Health Care Workers and Bloodborne Pathogens

This course provides information about how health care workers can minimize the risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. 

The HIPAA & Infection Control course bundle contains the following two VGMU courses:

HIP001 - Understanding HIPAA

This is the first of a two-part series of courses about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This course provides an overview of HIPAA, including the reasons for the law, how it is enforced, how the law has changed over time and how HIPAA relates to the health care industry. You should complete this course before completing part two of this series (“HIP002 – Working with HIPAA).

Learning objectives:
  1. Describe the purpose of HIPAA and identify which government agency is in charge of its regulation; 
  2. Explain the difference between a covered entity and a business associate; 
  3. Identify and explain the Privacy Rule, Security Rule, HITECH Act, Final Omnibus Rule and Breach of Notification Rule; 
  4. Explain what a breach is and how to HIPAA requires it to be handled; 
  5. Describe types of HIPAA violations and their consequences.
 
To successfully complete this course, you must attain a minimum score of 80% on the final exam and complete the course training survey.
 
INF003 - Health Care Workers and Bloodborne Pathogens

Health care workers run the risk for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. This course provides information about how health care workers can minimize the risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Learning objectives:

  1. Define bloodborne pathogen; 
  2. Explain how infection from a bloodborne pathogen can occur within a health care setting; 
  3. Explain who is covered by OSHA’s bloodborne pathogen standard; 
  4. List what OSHA requires to be included in a company’s Exposure Control Plan; 
  5. List and explain each of the requirements outlined in OSHA’s bloodborne pathogen standard; 
  6. Explain what an employer is required to do if an employee declines to receive the hepatitis B vaccination; 
  7. Explain an employer’s responsibilities following an employee’s exposure to a bloodborne pathogen.

To successfully complete this course, you must attain a minimum score of 80% on the final exam and complete the course training survey. 

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