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Infection Prevention & Control

Everyone is responsible for preventing the spread of infections. This course reveals good infection prevention techniques, and also provides guidance on the steps to take should there be an outbreak.

General

This course will help you implement good practices to prevent infection in your working environment.

Health and Social Care

This course aims to raise the candidate's knowledge and awareness of infections common to the healthcare sector and the ways to minimise the risk of infection in the work place.

"A simple, effective, concise course. I was able to retain information appropriate to the questions asked as it was comprehensive in a timely fashion." - Amanda Parry, Care UK

"I liked the format of the course, it was easy to understand and use. The expectations were clear from the outset and it kept me engaged." - Ian Pitman

Training objectives

Know the basic principles of infection prevention and control
Recognise the importance of infection control
Identify responsibilities in the prevention of avoidable infection
Understand the chain of infection and how to interrupt it
Identify how infections are caused and spread
Recognise and implement good practices for personal and equipment hygiene
Recognise and implement good practices to prevent infection in your working environment
Define health care associated infections (HCAIs)

Course content

Infections: The Basics - You will learn what HCAIs are, and examine how infections are caused and spread.
Controlling and Preventing Infection - You will find out how the spread of infection can be controlled through specific practices – such as hand hygiene and by using PPE, as well as the correct handling and decontamination of sharps and invasive devices.
Other Practices to Reduce HCAIs - Learn what other practices you can implement to reduce HCAIs. You will consider asepsis, equipment decontamination, cleaning, and managing waste and laundry.

Who will benefit?

People taking the infection control module will be able to recognise the importance of infection control, define HCAIs, identify the stages of chain infection and implement good practices to avoid contamination.