Mini course · Foundation level
Standard Precautions Refresher
Refresh the everyday infection-prevention habits that protect patients and staff: understand how transmission happens, perform hand hygiene at the right moments, match PPE to the risk, work safely with sharps and the environment, and know when to consider additional precautions.
What is Standard Precautions Refresher?
Follow one busy outpatient clinic morning and one patient, Maya Hassan, from arrival to the next patient. At each step you will spot the transmission risk, choose the right precaution, perform the right action, and decide when Standard Precautions are enough and when additional precautions should be assessed. This is a fictional educational scenario — no diagnosis is made.
- Duration
- 1.7 hours
- Lessons
- 28
- Level
- Foundation
- Format
- Online, self-paced
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how transmission happens using the Chain of Infection as a model.
- Identify where Standard Precautions interrupt transmission.
- Recognize WHO 5 Moments for hand hygiene within real workflow.
- Explain why gloves do not replace hand hygiene.
- Select PPE based on anticipated exposure, not habit.
- Apply safe injection, sharps and environmental-cleaning principles.
- Apply respiratory hygiene / source control appropriately.
- Distinguish when Standard Precautions apply routinely and when additional Transmission-Based Precautions should be assessed.
Who this course is for
Course content
28 lessons · 1.7 hours total · free preview available
1How Infection Spreads
6 minFree preview· Understand How Transmission Happens
How Infection Spreads
Introduces the Chain of Infection — transmission requires a sequence of connected conditions. One way to understand transmission is through this chain (a model, not a literal explanation of every infection).
2Break the Chain
6 min· Understand How Transmission Happens
Break the Chain
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3Match the Risk to the Defense
4 min· Understand How Transmission Happens
Match the Risk to the Defense
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4Where Did Transmission Risk Enter?
4 min· Understand How Transmission Happens
Where Did Transmission Risk Enter?
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5Standard Precaution or Not?
4 min· Understand How Transmission Happens
Standard Precaution or Not?
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6Find the Transmission Risk
5 min· Understand How Transmission Happens
Find the Transmission Risk
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7Hand Hygiene: The 5 Moments
6 min· Break the Chain with Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene: The 5 Moments
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8Put the 5 Moments in Context
4 min· Break the Chain with Hand Hygiene
Put the 5 Moments in Context
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9Which Moment Is This?
5 min· Break the Chain with Hand Hygiene
Which Moment Is This?
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10Gloves On. Do I Still Need Hand Hygiene?
4 min· Break the Chain with Hand Hygiene
Gloves On. Do I Still Need Hand Hygiene?
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11Catch the Missed Moment
4 min· Break the Chain with Hand Hygiene
Catch the Missed Moment
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12PPE: Choose, Don, Doff
6 min· Match PPE to the Risk
PPE: Choose, Don, Doff
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13Choose PPE for the Exposure
4 min· Match PPE to the Risk
Choose PPE for the Exposure
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14What Would You Wear?
4 min· Match PPE to the Risk
What Would You Wear?
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15Donning: Build the Sequence
4 min· Match PPE to the Risk
Donning: Build the Sequence
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16Doffing Without Contamination
4 min· Match PPE to the Risk
Doffing Without Contamination
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17The PPE Trap
4 min· Match PPE to the Risk
The PPE Trap
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18Safe Procedures, Sharps and the Environment
6 min· Safer Procedures, Sharps & Environment
Safe Procedures, Sharps and the Environment
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19Safe Injection or Unsafe Shortcut?
4 min· Safer Procedures, Sharps & Environment
Safe Injection or Unsafe Shortcut?
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20Sharps: Safe or Unsafe?
4 min· Safer Procedures, Sharps & Environment
Sharps: Safe or Unsafe?
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21The Needle Is Still in the Room
4 min· Safer Procedures, Sharps & Environment
The Needle Is Still in the Room
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22Clean, Disinfect, or Replace?
4 min· Safer Procedures, Sharps & Environment
Clean, Disinfect, or Replace?
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23The Shared Equipment Problem
4 min· Safer Procedures, Sharps & Environment
The Shared Equipment Problem
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24From Routine Care to Safer Care
6 min· Put It All Together
From Routine Care to Safer Care
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25Run the Safe Clinic Visit
8 min· Put It All Together
Run the Safe Clinic Visit
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26Break the Chain Before It Breaks You
5 min· Put It All Together
Break the Chain Before It Breaks You
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27Standard Precautions Refresher — Final Assessment
11 min· Put It All Together
Standard Precautions Refresher — Final Assessment
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28Standard Precautions Refresher Complete
2 min· Put It All Together
Standard Precautions Refresher Complete
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Earn a credential employers can check
This certificate confirms completion of the AIHCM micro-course Standard Precautions Refresher.
Issued: on completion
How it works
- Finish all 28 lessons at your own pace.
- Get your digital credential with a unique ID.
- Share it — employers can verify it at aihcm.us.
Questions people ask
Is this a full isolation course?
No — it introduces Standard vs Transmission-Based Precautions. Detailed isolation is covered in Transmission-Based Precautions & Isolation.
Does it give exact cleaning products or PPE sequences?
No — it teaches principles and always defers to your organization's policy and manufacturer instructions.