OSHA: Bloodborne Pathogens

Course Description

This course covers OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.1030 regarding healthcare worker exposure to blood-borne pathogens. It gives an overview of the standard, and addresses specifics on what employers are required to do when an incident occurs, protective measures employers need to take, equipment available to reduce the risk of incidents, and information about management and use of sharps and catheters.

Course Objectives

1. Be familiar with OSHA standards related to healthcare worker exposure to blood-borne pathogens.

2. Know what is legally required of employers to protect healthcare workers from incidents.

3. Know what employers are legally required to do to care for healthcare workers exposed to blood-borne pathogens.
1 CEU hr $3

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Suicide Prevention & Suicide and the Elderly: Online CEUs

3 CEU hrs. $9
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Course Description A short but informative guide for Health and Mental Health professionals. This guide discusses facts vs. myths of Suicide and presents an overview of preventive guidelines as well as a section devoted to suicide and the elderly. 

Course Objectives 
1. Differentiate between factual information and myths pertaining to suicide risk and completion. 

2. Identify sociodemographic and environmental risk factors for suicide, particularly with elderly populations. 

3. Evaluate suicide prevention strategies including individual, professional, and community-based awareness and intervention programs. 

4. Examine how psychiatric illnesses, medical conditions, alcohol, and andi-depressant medications impact suicidal individuals.

4 New Online CEU Courses

New Online CEU Courses
 

Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care
This course provides information that clinical practitioners need when deciding whether to introduce drug testing in their practices. It offers guidance on implementing drug testing, and describes some of the ways that drug testing can contribute to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients seen in primary care. It also covers the management of the treatment of chronic pain, and the identification and treatment of substance use disorders. 10 CEU hrs. $30

Mental Health Medications Update 2012
This course, an update from our earler course, gives a brief overview of how psychotherapeutic medications are used as treatment for mental illnesses. It covers specific medications for treating schizophrenia, depression, biploar disorder, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. In addition to describing each type of mental disorder and the effect medications have on it, the course gives information on side effects of the medications listed, directions for taking the medications, and FDA warnings where appropriate. 3 CEU hrs. $9

Injury Prevention and Elderly Care
This course provides guidelines for nursing home employers to help reduce the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in their facilities. The recommendations in these guidelines are based on a review of existing practices and programs, State OSHA programs, as well as available scientific information, and comments received from representatives of trade and professional associations, labor organizations, the medical community, individual firms, and other interested parties. OSHA hopes that employers with similar work environments will find these guidelines applicable such as assisted living centers, homes for the disabled, homes for the aged, and hospitals, as well as nursing homes. 3 CEU hrs $9

Older Adults and Depression
This course describes what an evidence-based practice (EBP) for treating older adults with depression is. It also presents factors to consider when choosing an EBP; identifies which EBPs are available for older adults with depression; and describes the available training resources. These interventions are more likely to reduce depressive symptoms in older adults than other interventions when implemented correctly. EBPs covered include psychotherapy interventions, antidepressant medications, multidisciplinary geriatric outreach services, and collaborative and integrated mental and physical health care. 10 CEU hrs $30

 

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