Course Description
This 2-Day classroom course aims to equip and update healthcare professionals on infection
control principles and practices to enable them to function effectively in their respective
clinical areas. As infection prevention and control is an integral part of healthcare delivery,
healthcare professionals have an important role to play to ensure that their own safety and
those of the patients under their care are not compromised.
Course Objectives
To provide healthcare professionals with comprehensive knowledge of infection prevention
and control; covering, microbiology, disease transmission, components of an effective
infection control program, multidrug-resistant organisms, and evidence-based infection control
principles and practices.
Course Outline
▪ Overview of Healthcare-associated Infections
▪ Components of an effective Infection Control Program
▪ Microbiology and Immunology
▪ Evidence-based Infection Control Principles and Practices
▪ Hand Hygiene
• Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
▪ Emerging and re-emerging Infections
Course Structure
▪ 2 days (14 hours)
▪ Lectures and group discussions
▪ Assessment – MCQ
Certificate
• Certificate of Attainment
Who Should Attend
▪ Nurses/Nurse Clinicians
▪ Infection Control Link Officers
▪ Allied Healthcare Professional
Course Fee
• SGD299 (UP $399) per participant
Sim Tianseng
Infection Control Expert
Sim Tianseng is the principal trainer and founder of STS Academia. He provided training and consultancy on Infection Control, Quality & Safety to hospitals and institutions in Singapore and the region. STS had worked previously as a chief infection control officer at Parkway Pantai Hospitals in Singapore for more than 10 years and served as a lecturer at Parkway College. He was an adjunct lecturer at Flinders University, Master of Health Administration program conducted in Singapore from 2012 until 2022.
