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 Department:    APPRC

 Course #:    23

 Credits:    1

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    1

 CIP:    460201

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Construction Trades Best Practices Awareness stresses the importance of communication, awareness and protocols for working in the environment of the health-care facility with patient safety as the primary goal. Awareness in the course title describes the most important concept that will be addressed in the workshop.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 11

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Describe in what ways health-care facilities are unique work environments and why extra precautions must be taken while working in them.
2. List the agencies and organizations that oversee health-care facilities.
3. Identify the hazards that may be present when working in a health-care facility.
4. Describe the importance of good communication between all personnel involved in the health-care facility construction project.
5. Describe the chain of infection.
6. Explain the functions and responsibility of the ICRA team and how the ICRA form is used to determine a work area classification.
7. Describe the work practice procedure used in a health-care facility.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Unique work environments and why extra precautions must be taken while working in them.
2. Agencies and organizations that oversee health-care facilities.
3. Hazards that may be present when working in a health-care facility.
4. Communication between all personnel involved in the health-care facility construction project.
5. Chain of infection.
6. ICRA team and how the ICRA form is used to determine a work area classification.
7. Work practice procedure used in a health-care facility.