NFO Business of Medicine Web Series: Infection Control in Audiology – An Annual Infection Control Plan Review

An annual infection control plan for audiology is a document that outlines the measures that an audiology clinic, multi-specialty medical practice and hospital & academic facilities will take to prevent the spread of infections among patients and staff. This plan should be reviewed and updated regularly, at least annually, to ensure that it reflects the current guidelines and best practices for infection control in the field of audiology. This course will focus on how to identify and create work practice controls requirements of the writing infection control plan. At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: 1. Explain the role of work practice controls within the audiology ancillary. 2. Describe the process of identifying necessary work practice controls to integrate within the writing infection control plan. 3. Create a work practice control for audiology.