Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) 4.5

The following Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) course is designed to educate environmental services frontline workers and supervisors on how to prevent Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). What you will learn: Overview of CHEST; What are environmental services (EVS)?; Why is CHEST important in patient care?; Foundational infection prevention strategies; What are proper hand hygiene techniques?; What are the strategies for preventing HAIs?; What are standard precautions?; What are transmission-based precautions?; How can providers engage with patients?; Catheter-associated urinary tract infections; How can providers prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections?; How do you insert indwelling urinary catheters?; MRSA bacterium; How can providers assess for risk of MRSA infection?; How can providers identify MRSA?; C.difficile infection; What is C.difficile?; How does C.difficile spread?; Setting up medical carts; What cleaning supplies should be used?; Environmental cleaning procedures; How can facilities maintain environmental cleaning?; How should general patient areas be cleaned?; How should spills of blood be cleaned?; How should specialized patient areas be cleaned?; How should inpatient wards be cleaned?; What are the routine cleaning procedures for occupied patient rooms?; Isolation rooms checklist; How can providers monitor isolation rooms?

Credit & MOC Details

Credit information is provided by the course provider. We recommend confirming credit eligibility with the provider or your licensing board before starting the activity.