Candida auris: An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals
A focused introduction to Candida auris: its emergence, identification challenges, transmission in healthcare settings and containment measures.
An overview of what you will study and build.
Candida auris: An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals is a focused course on one of the most significant emerging fungal pathogens in healthcare. Students learn how C. auris emerged independently on several continents and spread globally, why it can be misidentified by some laboratory systems and how it persists on skin and surfaces. The course covers colonisation and transmission in healthcare settings, screening strategies for patients, environmental cleaning and containment measures, and the reporting and communication needed when cases or outbreaks occur.
C. auris is often resistant to several antifungal classes and can cause prolonged outbreaks, so prepared teams make a real difference. This course suits healthcare, laboratory and infection prevention staff who need practical, up-to-date knowledge. Tutors are infection prevention practitioners and laboratory specialists with outbreak experience. For the final project, students develop a C. auris preparedness checklist for a healthcare facility, covering laboratory identification, screening, cleaning, isolation and communication.
6 modules, one growing line of knowledge.
Hover or tap a module to follow the path from the first session to the final project. Open a module to see the topics it covers.
- First reports and independent clades
- Global spread patterns
- Why C. auris matters
- Thermotolerance and salt tolerance
- Misidentification by older systems
- Confirmation methods
- Skin colonisation
- Environmental persistence
- Transmission routes in care settings
- Who to screen and when
- Swab sites and techniques
- Managing screening results
- Disinfectants effective against C. auris
- Cleaning of shared equipment
- Isolation and cohorting
- Notification requirements
- Communicating with patients and staff
- Inter-facility transfer information
Candida auris: An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals
By the end you will be able to:
- Describe the emergence and global spread of Candida auris.
- Explain why C. auris can be misidentified and how it is confirmed.
- Identify transmission routes and environmental reservoirs in healthcare settings.
- Plan a proportionate screening and cleaning strategy.
- Prepare clear communication for C. auris cases and outbreaks.
Where this programme sits in the school.
Where this programme can take you.
Roles and uses that build on what you learn here. Outcomes depend on your experience and local market.
- Infection prevention practitioner assistant
- Biomedical scientist in a microbiology laboratory
- Environmental services supervisor
- Supporting role in a clinical mycology laboratory team
- Patient safety and quality officer
Requirements, assessment and certificate.
Admission requirements
No prior mycology knowledge is required; experience in healthcare, laboratory or infection prevention work is helpful.
How you are assessed
Assessment combines participation in live sessions with outbreak scenario exercises. The final checklist is reviewed by the professor.
Final project
A Candida auris preparedness checklist for a healthcare facility covering identification, screening, cleaning, isolation and communication.
Certificate
Course Certificate
On completing the programme and its project, Fungaris issues a Course Certificate. Accreditations are assessed according to the training completed and the local regulations of each country.
How the programme grows, phase by phase.
- Emergence and global spread
- Biology and identification challenges
- Colonisation and transmission
- Screening strategies
- Environmental cleaning and containment
- Reporting and outbreak communication
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Questions about this programme
Do I need experience to study Candida auris: An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals?
No prior mycology knowledge is required; experience in healthcare, laboratory or infection prevention work is helpful.
How is Candida auris: An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals taught?
Live online, in 6 modules with a working professional, a small group and a final project.
How am I assessed?
Assessment combines participation in live sessions with outbreak scenario exercises. The final checklist is reviewed by the professor.
What is the final project?
A Candida auris preparedness checklist for a healthcare facility covering identification, screening, cleaning, isolation and communication.
What certificate do I get?
On completing the programme and its project, Fungaris issues a Course Certificate. Accreditations are assessed according to the training completed and the local regulations of each country.
What can I study after Candida auris: An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals?
The natural next step is Diploma in Medical Mycology Foundations.
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