Elevate your understanding of infection control with our FREE Enhanced Infection Prevention and Control Course!

Designed to boost workplace safety, promote best practices, and implement proactive measures, this course ensures advanced infection prevention. Delve into a deeper understanding of infection risks and actively contribute to the safety of patients and healthcare workers. Explore this course today for a more resilient healthcare environment.

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at all staff throughout the health and social care sector, in particular:

• Existing staff to update existing knowledge
• New starters to the organisation
• Individuals seeking to enhance personal infection control knowledge

Course Content

• Legislation, Codes of Practice and Reporting Alert Organisms
• Common Healthcare associated infections
• Covid-19 transmission, symptoms and prevention
• Aerosol Generating Procedures
• Aseptic Non-Touch Technique
• Prevention & Protection
• Personal Hygiene
• Handwashing & Hand Gel
• Five moments of hand hygiene
• Donning and doffing of PPE
• FFP3 facemasks and fitting

Course Objectives

• Understand how they as an individual contribute to infection prevention and control within the workplace
• Have knowledge of and demonstrate the standard infection prevention and control precautions relevant to their role
• Recognise and act when their personal fitness to work may pose a risk of infection to others
• Understand what is meant by the term healthcare associated infections
• Use single use items appropriately
• Explain different alert organisms and conditions that pose an infection risk
• Describe how to safely manage patients with specific alert organisms