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Infection control CE for nurses

Infection control and barrier precautions coursework runs on its own cycle in several states — New York's four-year requirement is the best known example.

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10 courses
Contact hours available
32 hours
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1 states

Infection control CE courses

A nurse's gloved hands disinfecting a bedside surface in a hospital room.4 contact hours
Infection Control

The role of infection control is to reduce and prevent the risk for hospital-acquired infections. To practice effective infection control practices, the healthcare professional must be knowledgeable of methods to prevent infection transmission. This training provides an overview on infection control and barrier precautions and covers the most current and scientifically accepted practices in infection control as recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

Updated Mar 28, 2026
PA
WA
$19.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A registered nurse provides confidential HIV prevention counseling to a diverse adult patient in a private clinical room, with both people seated at eye level.3 contact hours
Infection Control
Pharmacology

A practical, evidence-based course on HIV transmission, testing, treatment as prevention, PrEP, PEP, and management of occupational exposure.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$15.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A nurse performing hand hygiene at a hospital sink.4 contact hours
Infection Control

The role of infection control is to reduce and prevent the risk for hospital-acquired infections. To practice effective infection control practices, the healthcare professional must be knowledgeable of methods to prevent infection transmission. This training encompasses the seven core elements on infection control and barrier precautions and covers the most current and scientifically accepted practices in infection control as recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

$20.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A registered nurse reviews a patient’s immunization history before administering an intramuscular COVID-19 vaccine in a clean outpatient clinical setting.2 contact hours
Infection Control
Pharmacology

A current, clinically focused review of COVID-19 vaccine platforms, recommendations, safety, administration, and counseling for nurses nationwide.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$10.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A nurse and an adult sit in angled chairs with open space between them. The patient is speaking while the nurse listens with relaxed hands and looks slightly aside.3 contact hours
Clinical Practice

This course provides and overview of therapeutic communication, its components, barriers, and its effects in caring for person with mental health.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$15.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
Nurse assessing a hospitalized adult cardiac patient at the bedside monitor3 contact hours
Clinical Practice

Eight lessons connect patient-specific symptoms, congestion, perfusion concerns, laboratory trends, and practical self-management barriers with nursing communication and reassessment. The clinical framework emphasizes trajectory rather than isolated findings, with infection prevention integrated into bedside care.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$15.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A registered nurse sits at eye level with a diverse adult patient, using an interpreter and a plain-language care plan while a social worker participates in discharge planning.4 contact hours
Cultural Competency

Builds nurses’ skills to recognize intersecting clinical and social vulnerability, reduce access barriers, and advocate for safe, equitable, person-centered care.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$20.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A registered nurse speaks privately at eye level with an LGBTQ+ adult patient in a calm clinical room while reviewing an individualized care plan.2 contact hours
Cultural Competency

Builds nursing skills to recognize discrimination affecting LGBTQ+ people, provide affirming care, respond to safety concerns, and reduce barriers across healthcare settings.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$10.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
Emergency nurses in protective equipment coordinate triage and decontamination outside a hospital while another clinician assesses a patient from a safe clean zone.4 contact hours
Infection Control

Prepares nurses to recognize, protect against, report, and support the emergency management of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive incidents.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$20.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
A nurse in navy scrubs rubs bare hands together with fingers interlaced. A calm adult sits beside a bed, and a sanitizer bottle stands nearby.3 contact hours
Clinical Practice

A substantial, source-bounded course draft for practicing nurses that connects organizational prevention systems with bedside infection control. Eight lessons address core practices, hand hygiene, Standard Precautions and PPE, Transmission-Based Precautions, urinary catheter care, vascular access, injection safety, and environmental practices with hospital antibiotic stewardship. Clinical content is grounded exclusively in the supplied CDC excerpts. Areas not addressed by those excerpts are identified for facility-policy guidance and clinical review.

Updated Sep 19, 2026
$15.00($5 per contact hour) or included with All-AccessView course
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