Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg

Programme Overview

Clinical facilities require robust systems to minimise hospital-acquired infections and protect vulnerable patients, healthcare staff, and surrounding communities.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​⁣ This five-day course equips participants with practical expertise in infection prevention and control (IPC) across diverse healthcare environments. Drawing on internationally recognised guidelines from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the curriculum covers vital engineering controls, administrative procedures, and frontline sanitary protocols required to establish resilient, safe, and fully functional healthcare facilities.

Participants explore the operational management of healthcare infrastructure, focusing on decontamination pipelines, sterile supply workflows, healthcare waste management, and the architectural zoning of isolation areas. Through a detailed analysis of transmission routes, clinical layout design, and operational hygiene, attendees learn to identify systemic vulnerabilities within hospitals and clinics. The programme emphasizes practical, resource-efficient interventions that allow facilities to achieve full compliance with essential national and international health facility standards.

The training also builds capacity in institutional oversight, covering environmental surveillance, audit design, and facility risk assessment methodologies. Attendees learn to translate standard operating procedures into daily clinical practice, establishing continuous quality improvement mechanisms. Working through structured assessment frameworks, participants will prepare practical audit plans and remediation measures tailored to public hospital networks and donor-financed health infrastructure modernisation schemes operating across Southern Africa.

Public healthcare systems across Southern Africa are actively undertaking infrastructure upgrades, biomedical renewals, and clinical standardisation initiatives.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​⁣ Under interventions such as the Zimbabwe COVID-19 Response and Essential Health Services Additional Financing, institutions are directing funds towards strengthening sanitary safeguards, rehabilitating isolation infrastructure, and upgrading clinical waste handling systems. Delivering modern infection prevention and control expertise ensures that facility managers, clinical leads, and regulatory inspectors can translate institutional capital investments into safe, compliant, and sustainable clinical services that withstand disease outbreaks and routine service pressures.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Johannesburg, South Africa, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• International IPC frameworks: WHO core components and Africa CDC guidelines
• Mechanisms of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) transmission in clinical spaces
• Zoning principles, physical barriers, and patient flow dynamics in hospital planning
• Standard and transmission-based precautions in routine and emergency service delivery
• Baseline environmental audit: Identifying physical and operational IPC vulnerabilities
• Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) layout: Decontamination, preparation, and sterile stores
• Cleaning, disinfection, and chemical sterilisation protocols for reusable equipment
• Autoclave operation, physical and chemical monitoring, and biological indicators
• Fraud risk assessment and fraud risk registers
• Design and testing of internal controls
• The Three Lines model and the role of oversight
• Audit planning, evidence and documentation

It is designed for hospital administrators and medical superintendents, infection prevention and control (IPC) officers and focal points, biomedical engineers and clinical engineering technicians and others who want practical, current skills in fraud, audit and internal control.

The Growing Importance of Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg

Public bodies and donor-financed projects are expected to show that funds are used for their intended purpose. Auditors, oversight bodies and financiers increasingly look beyond the financial statements to the controls, records and behaviours behind them.

Fraud and control weaknesses rarely come from one failure. They grow where roles are unclear, records are incomplete and warning signs are not followed up. Teams that understand how fraud happens, and how controls stop it, protect both their institution and the people it serves.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Identify and rate fraud and control risks in their own processes
• Design controls that are proportionate and testable
• Gather and document reliable audit evidence
• Recognise red flags early and escalate them correctly
• Turn findings into practical, agreed actions

Strong fraud, audit and internal control systems help organisations:

• Reduce losses and ineligible expenditure
• Pass external audits with fewer findings
• Strengthen trust with financiers and citizens
• Respond to allegations in a fair and documented way

This Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Hospital administrators and medical superintendents
• Infection prevention and control (IPC) officers and focal points
• Biomedical engineers and clinical engineering technicians
• Health facility inspectors and quality assurance assessors
• Clinical directors, chief nursing officers, and ward managers
• Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) managers and supervisors
• Environmental health officers and healthcare waste management leads
• Procurement and project management specialists on health sector projects
• Public health officers from national and provincial health authorities
• Internal auditors and audit managers
• Finance managers and accountants
• Compliance and risk officers

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training, participants will be able to:

• Analyse clinical environments using standard infection prevention and control assessment frameworks
• Evaluate sterile supply chain workflows from point-of-use decontamination through central sterilisation and storage
• Establish compliant healthcare waste handling, segregation, treatment, and disposal systems in health facilities
• Assess isolation ward designs against international air quality, ventilation, and physical barrier standards
• Conduct comprehensive environmental infection risk assessments across high-risk and general clinical zones
• Design institutional compliance audit plans aligned with standard operating procedures and regulatory guidelines
• Formulate facility-level corrective action plans to resolve identified sanitary and engineering deficiencies
• Explain how and why fraud happens, using recognised fraud risk models
• Carry out a fraud and control risk assessment for a real process
• Map controls to risks using the Three Lines model

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training Methodology

The training is delivered through interactive lectures, technical case studies, and practical design workshops.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​⁣ Participants evaluate authentic facility blueprints, workflow schematics, and clinical waste management systems to simulate real-world auditing scenarios. Working in multi-disciplinary groups comprising administrators, engineers, and clinical staff, learners draft risk assessment matrices and compliance frameworks. Practical diagnostic sessions enable attendees to benchmark facility procedures directly against international standards and design workable remediation plans suited to public sector facilities.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training, participants will be able to:

• Ability to benchmark facility infrastructure and clinical workflows against established IPC standards
• Competency in managing Central Sterile Supply Department operations to eliminate reprocessing failures
• Skill in setting up compliant healthcare waste handling, segregation, and disposal pipelines
• Capability to verify isolation ward airflow parameters, zoning integrity, and ventilation systems
• Proficiency in executing clinical risk assessments and IPC compliance audits independently
• Readiness to formulate prioritised institutional action plans for health infrastructure remediation
• Assess fraud and control risks in their own processes
• Design and test proportionate controls

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Fraud and corruption risk management
• Internal control frameworks
• Audit and oversight arrangements
• Follow-up of audit findings
• Integrity and reporting channels

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Risk registers and control maps
• Audit planning and testing
• Evidence and documentation
• Reporting to management and boards
• Prevention of ineligible expenditure

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply fraud, audit and internal control within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in fraud, audit and internal control increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on fraud, audit and internal control. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to fraud, audit and internal control that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Johannesburg, South Africa brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how fraud, audit and internal control is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – South Africa

Risalat Consultants International runs open-enrolment training programmes in Johannesburg, South Africa for officials, project teams and professionals from across the region. Dates, fees and what each programme covers are listed above, and any programme can also be delivered in-house for your institution.

Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Readiness Assessment
• Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with Breakfast
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg Training Manual
• Fraud Risk Register Template
• Control Mapping Matrix
• Audit Evidence Checklist
• Findings and Follow-up Tracker
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Fraud Risk Self-Assessment Guide
• Control Testing Checklist
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions identify and rate fraud and control risks in their own processes?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Day 1: Foundations of Clinical IPC and Environmental Standards), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions design controls that are proportionate and testable?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Day 2: Sterile Supply Operations and Medical Device Processing), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions gather and document reliable audit evidence?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Day 3: Healthcare Waste Management and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions recognise red flags early and escalate them correctly?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Day 4: Isolation Ward Architecture, Ventilation, and Engineering Controls), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions turn findings into practical, agreed actions?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Day 5: Risk Assessment, Quality Assurance, and Compliance Auditing), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Facilities in Johannesburg programme take place?

It runs from 10 May 2027 to 14 May 2027, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for hospital administrators and medical superintendents, infection prevention and control (IPC) officers and focal points, biomedical engineers and clinical engineering technicians, health facility inspectors and quality assurance assessors, and others who want practical skills in fraud, audit and internal control.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in fraud, audit and internal control?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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