About the Infection Prevention and Control Certificate
The prevention of avoidable infections is a key business imperative of hospitals today. In fact, hospital-acquired infections cost the health care industry billions of dollars each year and negatively affect patient outcomes, hospital success rates, provider liability and hospital revenues.
American Sentinel’s Infection Prevention and Control Certificate gives clinicians, nurses, physicians, managers, non-nurse practitioners, infection control team members and other health care professionals the academic knowledge they need to develop best practices for infection prevention and control. Students in our program learn skills to assess, plan and manage infection prevention and control efforts within their organizations and communities. In fact, our program teaches students how to design a surveillance system as well as collect and interpret data – unique skills not covered by traditional credentialing or training programs.
Our 15-credit Infection Prevention and Control Certificate is one of the few academic certificate programs available in this area of expertise. It provides students with college credits while helping health care practitioners prepare for credentialing exams, such as the Certification in Infection Control (CIC®), offered by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology1 (CBIC®).
Program Features
American Sentinel offers a flexible, online study format, allowing Infection Prevention and Control Certificate students to fit their course work into their busy schedules. Features of the program include:
- 100% online.
- 15-credit (five-course) program takes approximately 10-12 months to complete (this assumes the student completes one course at a time).
- Each course is just eight weeks long, and many courses start monthly.
- Evidence-based content comes from leading infection control agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
- Course content aligns with the evidence-based, foundational components of the new APIC competency model1,2.
- Students take courses alongside students in our Master of Science Nursing, Infection Prevention and Control Specialization, providing opportunities for peer learning and networking with industry professionals.
- Credits earned in our certificate may be eligible for transfer to the MSN, Infection Prevention and Control Specialization at American Sentinel, assuming all MSN admissions requirements have been met.
1 Certificate program was created following similar principles outlined in the Infection Control Professional Detailed Content Outline developed by the Certification Board for Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (The Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. is not affiliated with nor endorses any products or services provided herein.)
2 apic.org/Professional-Practice/Infection_preventionist_IP_competency_model
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