Surveillance, Auditing and Outbreak Management | Continuing Education

Course description

This course will provide an understanding of health care infection (HAI) surveillance systems, how to use surveillance data and auditing to measure the effectiveness of IPAC practice, as well as a thorough understanding of how to manage outbreaks both as part of the Outbreak Management Teams in healthcare settings and as a public health professional supporting that team.

Course details

Hours: 56

Credits: 4

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

Build courses into a credential

This course is part of the following program(s):

Infection Prevention and Control

Credit transfer

Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.

This course is not currently open for registration. There may be an equivalent course listed above.

Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Spring 2026 registration opens March 2, 2026.
Fall 2026 registration opens June 29, 2026.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery