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The good news is that learning can be fun, quick, and energizing while still reinforcing best practices.<br \/>\n<strong>What to expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/viptc.vcu.edu\/i-want-to-teach\/escape-room\/\">VIPTC Escape Room:<\/a><\/span><\/span> Step into the Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center\u2019s digital escape room, where your team must stop Candida auris before it spreads. With digital videos, interactive puzzles, and just the right sense of adventure, this training turns infection prevention into a shared experience staff will not forget.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/picnet.ca\/resources\/activities-and-games\/\">Infection Prevention Games:<\/a><\/span><\/span> Whether you have just a few minutes or a full training day, PICNet\u2019s toolkit of infection prevention games have something ready to go. Try a quick Infection Control Scrabble round at shift change, set up a Sherlock Holmes Case of the Missing Microbes for a skills fair, or use crosswords and word searches as light refreshers.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/ip-training-power-tools\/\">Infection Prevention Training Power Tools:<\/a><\/span><\/span> Bring infection prevention to life with hands-on activities like Caught Red-Handed (using paint to reveal missed hand hygiene spots), hosting a PPE fashion show, or even creating your own educational game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why It Works:<\/strong> When staff get to laugh, work together, and solve problems as a team, the lessons stick and the workplace culture gets stronger.<br \/>\n<strong>Target Audience:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/resource-library-definitions\/\">Essential IPC Education Level<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22070,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22069","featured_training","type-featured_training","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From Burnout to Buy-In: Fun, Fast Trainings That Energize Infection Prevention Efforts - VIPTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/featured_training\/from-burnout-to-buy-in-fun-fast-trainings-that-energize-infection-prevention-efforts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Burnout to Buy-In: Fun, Fast Trainings That Energize Infection Prevention Efforts - VIPTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Keeping staff engaged in infection prevention is not easy, especially when everyone is stretched thin. 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