4 CEUs: ARF, GH, RCFE, STRTP
4 hrs of HIV/TB is required for ALL ARF Administrators, every 2 yr re-certification cycle.
This training is designed to provide an overview of HIV, AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) infections. Specific signs, symptoms, Diagnostic tests and treatment modalities for all three are presented. Routes of transmission, prevention strategies as well as the global impact of both.
Course Objectives:
HIV
- What is HIV and AIDS
- How is HIV Transmitted
- Who is at risk for HIV – Race/Ethnicity
- HIV treatment overview
- Symptoms of HIV
- HIV Prevention – Treatment as Prevention, PrEP, PEP
- HIV Testing
TUBERCULOSIS - TB Facts
- Latent TB Infection & TB Disease
- TB Signs & Symptoms
- TB Risk Factors & Exposure
- TB Prevention & Vaccines
- TB Testing
- TB Treatment
- Drug Resistant TB
- TB in Specific Populations
- TB and HIV Co-Infection
