Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities (CBAHI Requirements)

Training Topics Include:

• Importance of Infection Control:
Understanding the fundamental principles of infection control and its role in protecting patients, healthcare professionals, and the healthcare environment.

• Immunization and Vaccination:
Understanding the importance of vaccines for healthcare professionals and their role in strengthening immunity and preventing infectious diseases.

• Surveillance Systems and Epidemiology:
Learning about healthcare surveillance systems and outbreak investigation within healthcare facilities.

• Pathogens and Modes of Transmission:
Studying different microorganisms and the ways infections are transmitted and spread within healthcare facilities.

• Standard Precautions:
Understanding general preventive precautions and their importance in reducing infection transmission.

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
Learning the correct methods for selecting, wearing, and using personal protective equipment.

• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection:
Understanding the principles and procedures of cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and surrounding environments according to infection control standards.

• Safe Injection Practices:
Learning safe injection techniques to prevent healthcare-associated infections.

• Medical Waste Management:
Understanding proper and safe practices for handling and disposing of hazardous medical waste.

Course Description

Infection control is a fundamental pillar of ensuring the safety of patients and healthcare professionals within medical facilities. This intensive training course is designed to equip healthcare personnel with the essential knowledge and skills required to implement strict infection control standards in accordance with the requirements of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI).

The course aims to empower participants to establish a safe healthcare environment with minimized risks by understanding infection transmission mechanisms and applying international and local best practices in infection prevention.

Program Features:

• Understand the importance of infection control and its role in protecting patients and healthcare professionals.

• Learn about infection transmission mechanisms and prevention methods within healthcare facilities.

• Understand standard precautions and infection prevention practices.

• Gain knowledge of the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Understand environmental cleaning, disinfection, and safe medical waste handling practices.

• Learn about epidemiological surveillance systems and outbreak investigation.

• Develop knowledge of safe injection practices and ways to prevent healthcare-associated infections.

• Intensive one-day training program.

• Live online training.

Program Date:

November 29, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Program Fee:

SAR 75 only.

Certificate:

Certificate of Attendance.

Payment Options:

Installment payments are available through Tabby and Tamara, subject to each service provider’s terms and conditions.

Program Objectives

The program aims to:

• Understand the importance of infection control and its role in enhancing patient and healthcare professional safety.

• Explain the importance of immunization and vaccination in preventing infectious diseases.

• Learn about healthcare surveillance systems, epidemiological monitoring, and infection outbreak investigation.

• Understand different pathogens and their modes of transmission within healthcare facilities.

• Apply standard precautions and infection prevention practices.

• Enhance knowledge of the correct use of personal protective equipment.

• Apply environmental cleaning, disinfection, and safe injection practices.

• Understand safe medical waste management and disposal procedures in accordance with infection control standards.

• Strengthen compliance with infection control standards and the requirements of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI).

Learning Outcomes: What Will You Learn?

By the end of the training program, participants will be able to:

• Explain the importance of infection control in healthcare facilities and its role in protecting patients and healthcare professionals.

• Identify common pathogens and modes of infection transmission within healthcare facilities.

• Explain the importance of immunization and vaccination in preventing infectious diseases.

• Apply standard precautions and infection prevention practices in the workplace.

• Identify the correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Explain the principles of environmental cleaning and disinfection, including the safe handling of equipment and surfaces.

• Apply safe injection practices to reduce healthcare-associated infections.

• Identify appropriate practices for handling and disposing of medical waste.

• Understand the fundamentals of epidemiological surveillance and infection outbreak investigation.

• Strengthen compliance with infection control requirements relevant to CBAHI standards.

Training Needs

This program addresses the need to strengthen healthcare professionals’ knowledge and skills in infection control and raise awareness of infection prevention practices within healthcare facilities.

It also aims to improve participants’ ability to identify infection-causing pathogens and their modes of transmission, apply standard precautions, use personal protective equipment correctly, and comply with environmental cleaning, disinfection, safe injection, and medical waste management practices.

The program further focuses on raising awareness of the requirements of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI), supporting improvements in healthcare quality, reducing healthcare-associated risks, and enhancing the safety of patients and healthcare professionals.

Target Audience

• Physicians across all medical specialties.

• Nursing staff.

• Infection control specialists and technicians.

• Healthcare practitioners working in medical facilities.

• Quality management and patient safety professionals.

• Administrative staff and professionals in the healthcare sector who wish to develop their infection control knowledge and skills.

• Healthcare facility personnel seeking to strengthen their understanding of the requirements of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI).