Communicable Diseases, including HIV/AIDs: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know 2nd Ed.

Course overview

The induction of infectious diseases in a healthcare environment can spread from person to person or from equipment used. Patients with no symptoms can harbor infectious diseases without even knowing at the time of their visit. As healthcare professionals, it is essential all the more to ensure transmission and prevention of infectious diseases do not occur in the healthcare setting. In the Communicable Diseases, including HIV/AIDs: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know, details high-risk diseases that healthcare professionals might acquire, prevent exposure to infection, and avoiding transmission to others. Also reviewed is HIV/AIDs, stages of the disease, prevention possibilities along with acquired AIDs opportunistic infections. Lastly, the course covers infection control basics on preventing the spread of infections with standard precautions and transmission-based precautions.