Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in Humanitarian & Health Settings

About Course

The Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) course provides comprehensive knowledge and practical skills to prevent and control the spread of infections in healthcare and humanitarian settings.

In emergency contexts—such as disease outbreaks, displacement camps, and low-resource health facilities—strong IPC systems are essential to protect patients, healthcare workers, and communities.

This course covers core IPC principles, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), environmental cleaning, waste management, outbreak response, and monitoring systems.

Learners will gain practical tools to strengthen infection control practices in clinics, hospitals, community settings, and emergency operations.

Upon successful completion, participants will receive a Professional Certificate of Completion from ReliefScholars.

Explain core principles of infection prevention and control
Identify common modes of infection transmission
Apply standard precautions in healthcare settings
Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) correctly
Implement hand hygiene and environmental cleaning protocols
Manage healthcare waste safely
Apply IPC measures during outbreaks
Integrate IPC into humanitarian response programming
Monitor and improve IPC compliance in facilities

Course Content

Module 1: Foundations of Infection Prevention & Control
Introduces core IPC principles and importance in health and humanitarian settings.

What is Infection Prevention & Control?
Why IPC Matters in Emergencies
Chain of Infection

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Module 1: Foundations of Infection Prevention & Control Introduces core IPC principles and importance in health and humanitarian settings.

What is Infection Prevention & Control?

Why IPC Matters in Emergencies

Chain of Infection

Module 2: Modes of Transmission Explains how infections spread.

Contact Transmission

Droplet and Airborne Transmission

Environmental and Fomite Transmission

Breaking the Chain of Infection

Module 3: Standard Precautions Core safety practices for all patient care.

Hand Hygiene Principles

Respiratory Hygiene

Safe Injection Practices

Handling Blood and Body Fluids

Module 4: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Operational application of protective measures.

Types of PPE

Proper Donning and Doffing

PPE in Low-Resource Settings

Common PPE Mistakes

Module 5: Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection Focuses on facility-level infection control.

Cleaning vs Disinfection

Surface Decontamination

Chlorine Preparation

Safe Cleaning Protocols

Module 6: Healthcare Waste Management Safe disposal and risk reduction.

Waste Segregation

Sharps Management

Waste Disposal Methods

Community Safety

Module 7: IPC in Outbreak Response Links IPC to cholera, COVID-19, Ebola, and other outbreaks.

Isolation and Cohorting

IPC in Cholera Treatment Centers

Outbreak Preparedness

Rapid IPC Assessment

Module 8: Monitoring & Improving IPC Systems Focuses on compliance and quality improvement.

IPC Checklists

Supervision and Monitoring

Incident Reporting

Training and Staff Engagement

Module 9: Practical Case Studies & Field Application Applies learning in realistic scenarios.

IDP Camp Health Facility Scenario

Cholera Outbreak Case Study

Hospital IPC Audit Example

Course Review & Assessment Preparation

Final Quiz Assessment Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in Humanitarian & Health Settings

Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in Humanitarian & Health Settings

Student Ratings & Reviews

Module 1: Foundations of Infection Prevention & Control
Introduces core IPC principles and importance in health and humanitarian settings.

Module 2: Modes of Transmission
Explains how infections spread.

Module 3: Standard Precautions
Core safety practices for all patient care.

Module 4: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Operational application of protective measures.

Module 5: Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection
Focuses on facility-level infection control.

Module 6: Healthcare Waste Management
Safe disposal and risk reduction.

Module 7: IPC in Outbreak Response
Links IPC to cholera, COVID-19, Ebola, and other outbreaks.

Module 8: Monitoring & Improving IPC Systems
Focuses on compliance and quality improvement.

Module 9: Practical Case Studies & Field Application
Applies learning in realistic scenarios.

Final Quiz Assessment
Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in Humanitarian & Health Settings