North Carolina Basic Infection Control Curriculum for Health Care Facilities

2000 edition

The purpose of this internet page is to offer assistance to registered users of the curriculum.

INFECTION CONTROL COURSE
to meet the requirements of
10A NCAC 41A.0206 (formerly numbered 15A NCAC 19A.0206)

The purpose of this Infection Control Curriculum is to provide a standard approved curriculum to meet the requirements of 10A North Carolina Administrative Code 41A.0206 (10A NCAC 41A.0206) Infection Control in Health Care Settings rule. Effective July 1, 2000, approved courses will use the North Carolina Basic Infection Control Curriculum for Health Care Facilities and must be registered with the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology.

This North Carolina law states, ". . . By September 1, 1994 the designated staff member in each health care organization shall have successfully completed a course in infection control approved by the Department."

This web page is part of the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE) web site.

url for this site is
www.unc.edu/depts/spice/NC0206.html

Some of the supplementary material in the curriculum (2000 edition) is not available on the computer disk provided with the curriculum and can be found on the internet. Follow the links to the following items:

Section C: Principles/Practices of Asepsis

Section C, Appendix 1: APIC Guideline for Handwashing and Hand Antisepsis in Health Care Settings, 1995, has been replaced by the Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings, 2002. The curriculum will be updated to include the new guideline.

Section E: Standard Precautions, General Isolation/Precautions

Section E, Appendix 1: Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals (HICPAC)

Section E, Appendix 3: Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance: Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

Section F: Protective Attire and Barrier Technique

Section F, Appendix 3: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Bloodborne Pathogens Standards, CFR 1910.1030

Reference Section

Reference Section, Appendix 7: CDC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994

Reference Section, Appendix 8: OSHA CPL 2.106 Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis. February 9, 1996

Resource Section/Order Information

Many infection control resources can be ordered from The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) web site.

Order Information

North Carolina Basic Infection Control Curriculum for Health Care Facilities is available for qualified faculty in North Carolina from the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE). For further information, contact:

Debby, Program Coordinator
Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology
CB # 7030, 2160-X Bioinformatics Bldg
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030

phone: (919) 966-3242
FAX: (919) 843-9979
email: spice@unc.edu

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Last modified: 18 April 2008