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To enhance the participant’s knowledge of blood-borne pathogens and needlestick injuries so that they can be minimized or eliminated.

Health care personnel will increase their understanding of the safeguards used to protect themselves and others against the health hazards, which can result from exposure to blood and certain body fluids containing blood-borne pathogens.

Health care personnel will increase their understanding of the safeguards used to protect themselves and others against the health hazards, which can result from exposure to blood and certain body fluids containing blood-borne pathogens.

Health care personnel will increase their understanding of the safeguards used to protect themselves and others against the health hazards which can result from exposure to blood and certain body fluids containing bloodborne pathogens.

To review safe infection control practices utilized in the healthcare setting.

To enhance the manager’s/supervisor’s knowledge of bloodborne pathogens and needlestick injuries so that they can be minimized or eliminated in the home care environment.

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

This course describes what people can do to keep their blood glucose at a healthy level. Before taking this course, you should complete the course DMGT010 - Overview of Diabetes.

The purpose of this course is to inform health professionals and food service workers about foodborne illness and the many pathogens that can cause it, the symptoms, how it is transmitted, how to prevent it, and how to treat it. 

Essentially Women and VGM Education offer a bundle of courses commonly required by various accreditation bodies to be completed by staff on an annual basis. Courses cover HIPAA requirements, proper precautions to take against bloodborne pathogens, preventing Medicare fraud, recognizing and ethically responding to workplace discrimination, and developing emergency action plans.

This course will help you become familiar with the documentation required to bill Medicare for blood glucose monitors and testing supplies.

This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of blood glucose meters (known as “glucometers”). There are many different glucometers on the market today, all with various features. This course reviews the standard items taught with all glucometers. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency's specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

This is the second of a two-part series of courses that discusses a wide range of issues related to workplace safety. In this second part, we’ll address procedures to report and investigate accidents and other emergencies; basic safety rules and standards your company should consider adopting; how to handle hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, safe electrical procedures, and process safety management.

Over 40 percent of American adults have obesity, putting them at increased health risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and some forms of cancer. This course provides basic information about obesity.

This course provides an overview of health care workers’ roles in preventing needlesticks and other sharp object injuries, and what to do if such an event occurs. The lesson also illustrates how to implement a sharps injury prevention program.

The respiratory system is a group of organs and tissues that help humans breathe. The main parts of the respiratory system are the airways, the lungs and linked blood vessels, and the muscles that enable breathing. This course provides an overview of the human respiratory system.

A stroke is a medical emergency which occurs when blood flow to the brain is disrupted in some way. Prompt treatment can be lifesaving and may increase the likelihood of successful recovery. This course is designed to provide the nursing assistant with basic knowledge and understanding of stroke, including warning signs and tools to best care for a resident who has experienced a stroke.

This course will explain how the aging process contributes to changes in the cardiovascular system.

Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood, which provides oxygen to the muscles, tissues, and other organs of the body. Because not all individuals will have pulmonary congestion or volume overload, heart failure is the terminology preferred today over congestive heart failure.

Heart failure (HF) is a significant problem in the United States. HF is increasing in incidence and prevalence due to improved survival after cardiovascular events and the increased aging population.

This course provides an overview of the circulatory system including a discussion of the major disorders that can affect it.

This course provides an overview of hepatitis B, how it is spread, its symptoms and diagnoses, and its vaccination.

This course contains two articles addressing needlestick prevention: one describing the needlestick injury (NSI) prevention activities at a California hospital and the other describing safe practices for health care providers and individuals with diabetes.

The nursing assistant will understand skills required to obtain accurate vital sign measurements and to communicate important clinical information to the care team.

This course provides an overview of the endocrine system including a discussion of the major disorders that can affect it.

To be aware of general safety issues and how to prevent injuries in the workplace.