POSTPONED TB (06.04.2020)MOVED TO JULY 20TH

This course covers the vaccine preventable disease of Tuberculosis, from screening and testing, to the symptoms and treatment; within the current regulatory and legal framework. The course is hands-on and practical and each participant receives a certificate after successfully completing the course.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• Be able to provide accurate and up to date information about diseases and vaccines
• Provide a safe, effective and high standard of care

COURSE CONTENTS

The aims of TB immunisation: national policy and schedules

• Vaccine preventable diseases
• Epidemiology
• What is TB?
• Screening and testing
• The latent TB infection
• The active TB disease
• Signs and symptoms
• Mantoux
• BCG
• IGRA
• Treatment
• Management
• Practical session Techniques and Intradermal injections
• TB Vaccination and composition
• The legal aspects of vaccination
• Prescribing vaccines
• Storage and handling of vaccines
• Correct administration of vaccines
• Record-keeping and reporting

This course covers the vaccine preventable disease of Tuberculosis, from screening and testing, to the symptoms and treatment; within the current regulatory and legal framework. The course is hands-on and practical and each participant receives a certificate after successfully completing the course.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Nurses
• Occupational Health Staff
• University Nurses
• NHS Staff
• Occ Health (private sector)
• Occ Health Council staff