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Unlicensed Caregiver Infection Control Training

General Information

Unlicensed caregivers who provide care at designated medical facilities, facilities for the dependent and other licensed facilities are required by state law to annually complete evidence-based training provided by a nationally recognized organization concerning the control of infectious diseases.

Note: Each unlicensed caregiver who completes the training must provide proof of completion of that training to the administrator or other person in charge of the facility in which the unlicensed caregiver provides care. The training courses identified below offer certificates of completion and are available at no cost, but other trainings also may meet these criteria. It is up to each individual caregiver to ensure that proof of training is provided if other courses are chosen from those above to meet any of the topic requirements.

Infection Prevention Workshop

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services' Office of State Epidemiology will hold an Infection Prevention Workshop on Nov. 8, 2023, that satisfies the unlicensed caregiver training requirement. Attendees at this workshop will receive a certificate of completion.

This training will be recorded and made available on this web page for later viewing. Unlicensed caregivers will be able to watch the recording and then, upon passing a post-test, receive a certificate of completion. Check this web page regularly.

    CDC Training

    The Centers for Disease Control public health training catalog linked here has been identified as containing courses that meet the training requirements. The required training topics are listed below followed by the specific course titles within the CDC catalog that have no cost and provide a certificate of completion:

    • Hand hygiene
      • CDC Project Firstline: Do We Really Have to Talk About Hand Hygiene? Again? Yes!
       
    • The use of personal protective equipment, including, without limitation, masks, respirators, eye protection, gowns and gloves   
      • CDC Project Firstline: What is PPE?
      • CDC Project Firstline: What is an N95?
      • CDC Project Firstline: What is a Respirator?
      • CDC Project Firstline: How Do I Test the Seal on My N95?
       
    • Environmental cleaning and disinfection
      • CDC Project Firstline: Cleaning? Disinfection? What's the Difference?
      • CDC Project Firstline: Why Does Contact Time Matter for Disinfection?
       
    • The goals of infection control
      • CDC Project Firstline: What’s the Goal of Infection Control?
       
    • A review of how pathogens, including, without limitation, viruses, spread
      • CDC Project Firstline: How Can COVID-19 Spread When You Don’t Feel Sick?
      • CDC Project Firstline: How Do Viruses Make You Sick?
      • CDC Project Firstline: What’s a Virus? 
      • CDC Project Firstline: What’s a Respiratory Droplet? Why Does it Matter?
      • CDC Project Firstline: How Do Viruses Spread From Surfaces to People?
       
    • The use of source control to prevent pathogens from spreading
      • CDC Project Firstline: What is Source Control?
       

    Note: The training courses identified above offer certificates of completion and are available at no cost, but other trainings also may meet these criteria. It is up to each individual caregiver to ensure that proof of training is provided if other courses are chosen from the CDC link above to meet any of the topic requirements. Also, the unlicensed caregiver infection control training requirement is based on topics, not a set number of hours.

    • Facilities for the dependent must meet infection control training requirements for both the unlicensed caregivers and the primary/secondary infection control personnel.
      • The 15 hours of primary/secondary infection control personnel training must include all of the topics noted in section 4 of R063-21 (see link below)

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