Free Training Courses for Healthcare Professionals and Individuals
Spread knowledge: share these resources with colleagues, family, and friends! It is important that facilities and individuals are up to date on their pandemic preparedness, infection prevention protocols, and have established plans for monitoring the emergence and spread of COVID-19. Where possible, we offer Spanish versions of the selected courses.
Hand Hygiene: The Basics
Handwashing is one of the most important steps to break the chain of infection. This micro-course follows CDC recommendations and provides a refresher on the specific requirements to successfully stop the spread.
Infection Control: The Basics
This course provides updates to HCPs ability to apply scientifically accepted infection control principles to reduce transmission of pathogens.
Infection Control for Healthcare Professionals
A brief overview of the basic concepts of infection control designed for HCPs, but appropriate for individuals as well.
Personal Protective Equipment
Addresses different types of PPE necessary for job tasks and how to correctly don and doff the needed equipment.
Infection Control: Airborne Precautions
Quick and relevant instruction for implementing infection control measures to prevent transmission of airborne disease.
Transmission-Based Precautions
This course presents the principles of transmission-based precautions and strategies to apply in daily practice.
Preparing for Pandemic Influenza
The course spotlights Pandemic flu; it offers principles and practices relevant to viral transmission disease precautions.
Free Relias Media Access to Current COVID-19 Publications
Quantifying the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in the United States
Stanford University physician and professor examines initial research on the transmission rate of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and what we can learn from that data.
Epidemiologic Risk Classification for Asymptomatic Healthcare Personnel
Guidance from the CDC on categorizing the exposure of healthcare employees having prolonged close contact with patients who have COVID-19, then identifying the risks, monitoring the employee’s health, and imposing work restrictions.
Pharmacotherapy Considerations for COVID-19
Infectious disease pharmacists discuss options for treatment of patients with COVID-19, including investigational drugs and research underway. Clinical outcomes desired include shortening the disease course, inhibiting the worsening of pneumonia, and reducing mortality.
Work With Public Health Partners on Treatment, Care of Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19
An infectious disease expert advises on treatment strategies to take and avoid with patients who have COVID-19. Public health agencies can assist with decisions about alternatives to hospitalization.
CDC Revises Guidelines as Coronavirus Spreads in United States
As health officials move from a focus on containment to broader social mitigation, the CDC has revised guidelines to deal with potential strains on the healthcare system and supplies.
Preserving Respirators and Extending Use
CDC epidemiologist advises on strategies to optimize use of respirators among healthcare employees, use alternative protective face masks, and consider treating cohorts of patients together.
COVID-19 Outbreak in Nursing Home Includes HCW Infection, Resident Deaths
Understanding details of how the Seattle nursing home COVID-19 cases were identified can inform efforts to deter community spread.
Frontline Providers Use Lessons Learned During 2014 Ebola Crisis to Manage COVID-19
Healthcare providers identified gaps in the system during the Ebola crisis, and measures to address shortcomings have enhanced readiness for the current coronavirus pandemic.
Recognition is especially meaningful during the COVID-19 pandemic
The nursing world has quickly shifted attention from the World Health Organization’s proclamation of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During coronavirus pandemic, nurses need leaders who advocate for them
Since the first days of the coronavirus outbreak — which quickly became the coronavirus pandemic — news and information have come in faster than we can digest them.
Free Live Webinar Series: Hear from Experts on Coronavirus and Pandemic Preparedness
Due to an unexpected increase in event registration volume with our webinar provider, ON24, attendance is limited for these events. If you are unable to access the webinars at the time of the live event, please note that you will be able to view the on-demand recording within a few hours after the event concludes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we truly appreciate your interest in our webinars.
- Understanding Coronavirus and How to Keep You and Yours Safe
Date: 3/25/2020
Watch on-demand - COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness for Your Front Line Staff
Date: 3/30/2020, 2pm ET
Register now - Actions Home Health Clinicians Can Take To Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19
Date: 4/7/2020, 2pm ET
Register now - COVID-19 and Long-Term Care Providers: Where Are We Now?
Date: 4/9/2020, 2pm ET
Register now - Maximizing Your LMS For A Remote Workforce
Date: 4/13/2020, 2pm ET
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Free Telehealth Course Series
This telehealth series covers the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telephone Triage
Informing nurses about the growing specialty of telephone triage nursing.
Telemedicine: Virtual Visits With Patients
This module provides healthcare providers with information about telemedicine, including types of telemedicine, clinical usage, and supporting technologies.
Best Practices for Delivering Telehealth
Discusses various modalities of telehealth treatment and most effective approaches.
Implementation Guidelines for Telehealth Practitioners
Discusses the logistical elements of implementing a telehealth program into clinical practice and determining readiness in getting started.
Telehealth in Clinical Practice
Gain knowledge of using telehealth technologies for behavioral health services, including potential advantages and challenges.
Free Blog Series: Stay Connected to the Latest Information to Combat this Pandemic
Planning in the Calm Before the Storm: Staffing in a Pandemic Crisis
The evolving public healthcare crisis surrounding the spread of COVID-19 raises many questions about the capacity of healthcare organizations to maintain staffing levels to provide appropriate care. We look at the steps you can take to help plan ahead.
Learn MorePandemic Results in Early Implementation of COVID-19 ICD-10-CM Code
The CDC has issued an off-cycle update to the ICD-10-CM code set to include a new diagnosis code of U07.1, COVID-19, for coronavirus disease 2019.
Learn MoreA View from the Front: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective
A front-line emergency physician talks about some of the unspoken challenges the coronavirus pandemic is bringing to the surface.
Learn MoreCrucial Charge: Attending to Infection Prevention in Home Care
As the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 multiplies, demand is increasing for home-based care of people affected. Diligent attention to infection prevention and control protocols is vital for those providing home care for patients with COVID-19.
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World Health Organization Coronavirus Module
The World Health Organization has created a quick animated overview of the novel coronavirus that covers the origination of the virus along with transmission and preventions details.
CDC Coronavirus Information
Get information from the Centers for Disease Control on the COVID-19 outbreak. This is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation, and CDC will provide updated information on this page as it becomes available, in addition to updated guidance.
Resources and Tools for Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Access resources and tools for addressing COVID-19 from the National Council on Behavioral Health.
