The Control of Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms (CRO)
Authored by: Amanda Thornton, RN, MSN, CIC
This course qualifies for 1 CE / 1 IPU and corresponds to the following Infection Prevention Unit (IPU) domain(s):
- Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
- Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents
- Education and Research
- Environment of Care
- Cleaning, Sterilization, Disinfection, Asepsis
At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Identify why CRO are epidemiologically significant
- Describe the surveillance definition of CRO
- Discuss interventions to prevent the spread of CRO
- Describe the ARLAB network and its importance
- Cite resources/toolkits available around CRO prevention
Course Lessons
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Video Lesson
