Infection Control for Imaging Professionals

This continuing education course establishes infection prevention and control practices in a healthcare setting enabling the imaging professional to ensure safety for both the patient and technologist. The principles and practices of infection control and prevention are discussed and include blood and body fluids, contact and airborne precautions and sterile technique.

Approvals & Acceptance

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  AHRA Approved, Category A

  Accepted by the ARRT^® toward your CE requirement
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  NMTCB Accepted

  Counts for NMTCB credential holders
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  California

  Accepted for CRTs, XTs, Supervisors and Operators
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  Florida

  Approved for Technical Category A for Florida technologists
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  Texas: Indirectly Related

  Accepted for Texas MRT renewal; up to 12 of your 24 hours may be indirectly related
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  We Report for You: Florida, Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire

  Completions are reported in the first week of each month for the previous month: Florida directly to the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control; Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire to CE Broker. Your state license number must be entered in your dashboard for us to report your credits.
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  All other states

  Accepted

Applicable Disciplines

Learning Objectives

• 1Establish infection prevention and control practices in healthcare imaging settings
• 2Describe principles of blood and body fluid precautions for imaging professionals
• 3Implement contact and airborne precaution protocols
• 4Apply sterile technique to ensure safety for both patients and technologists

Course Outline

• •Principles of Infection Control and Prevention
• •Blood and Body Fluid Precautions
• •Contact Precautions
• •Airborne Precautions
• •Sterile Technique in Imaging Settings
• •Patient and Technologist Safety