Nasopharyngeal Swab – Collection and Handling Safely
$299.00

About Nasopharyngeal Swab Program:
The Canadian College of Healthcare and Pharmaceutics is pleased to announce a one-day program on Nasopharyngeal Swab. The program is designed for health professionals and front-line workers to understand the concepts of Nasopharyngeal Swab. The program is delivered by a certified professional. The concepts of patient safety are included as well.
Who should take the course: This program is designed to cater all types of healthcare professionals:
- Nurses (RN, LPN)
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
- Medical Lab Technologists / Medical Lab Tech / Assistant (MLT / A)
- International Medical / Nursing Graduates
- Other health professionals
Program:
- Scope and Objectives for collecting Respiratory Specimens for testing
- Key elements of diagnostic testing
- Clear understanding of Types of Specimen and priority
- Importance of safe collection and handling of specimen.
- Good knowledge of different respiratory specimen and their technique of collection & handling
Learning Outcomes:
- To know how to collect and handle different respiratory specimen, especially Nasopharyngeal swabbing.
- To use prioritization and organization skills to respond with a sense of urgency and meet timelines.
- To know when and how to ask for help from a supervisor, senior clinician and other healthcare professionals.
- To participate in meetings that discuss updates in the sample collection and recognize priorities.
- To develop importance of high level of attention to accuracy and details
Course Features
- Lectures 42
- Quizzes 2
- Duration 90 minutes
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Certificate No
- Assessments Self
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Lesson Part 1
- Background
- Clinical Presentation
- Objective
- Key elements of diagnostic testing
- Specimen Type and Priority
- Specimen Type and Priority
- Key Messages
- Important Considerations
- Collecting and Handling Specimens Safely
- Indications and precautions for hand hygiene
- Collect NP specimen Safely
- Indications for glove use in injection practice
- Additional Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Additional Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Special considerations
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Donning ppe
- Demonstration of Donning (Putting On) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Doffing PPE
- Demonstration of Doffing (Taking Off) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Quiz / Assessment of lesson Part 1
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Lesson Part 2
- Collection of Sample
- Medical Devices Regulations (MDR) classification
- Handling Bulk-Packaged Sterile Swabs Properly for Upper Respiratory Specimen Collection
- General Guidelines
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Respiratory Specimens
- Quiz / Assessment of lesson Part 2