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Infection Prevention and Control Training
This Infection Prevention and Control training will help to stop infection spreading in the workplace. It's really important for general health and safety that everyone knows what to do to stay safe and keep themselves and those around them healthy.
Infection Prevention and Control is a course that will help staff and managers in all work environments understand what they can do to prevent the spread of infections within the workplace.
Once an infection contaminates even a single door handle in your workplace, it can spread around the building within as little as two to four hours: In most workplaces, exposure to infection is an incidental risk, and is one that's not tied to any particular working practice or task, which makes this training applicable to a variety of working environments.
This programme looks at the main infections we are exposed to on a day to day basis; what they are, how they are transmitted, who is likely to catch them and most importantly how to prevent the spread of infection. This kind of training is particularly useful to those working in the Care industry where staff may be working with vulnerable people, and where infection prevention is a high priority.
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Key features
- Complete this course online in just 30 minutes
- CPD accredited & IIRSM approved Training
- Applicable to all workplaces
- Show commitment to various health and safety legislations
- End of course test and printable certificate
- Free trial, online demo and bulk discounts available
- Course translations readily available!
Covered in this course
The Infection Prevention and Control Training course is broken down into 5 sections.
1) Infections in the Workplace
This section answers the questions:
- What are infections?
- Where do they come from?
- Who's at risk?
It looks at bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi and how they should be treated.
2) The Chain of Infection
There is a clear route for an infection to take to get from one person to another. It's known as the chain of infection and has 6 links. Breaking any ONE of these links prevents infection from spreading, so in this section we look at what these links are and how to break them.
3) Best Hygiene Practices
This section is about protecting yourself and protecting those around you by simple good personal hygiene and keeping things clean.
It includes set-by-step guides to handwashing, putting on PPE, clearing up blood and other body fluids and dealing with your own minor injuries, such as cuts and nose-bleeds.
4) Common Infections
This section looks at the most common infections in the UK, including their symptoms and what to do to protect yourself against them.
5) Your Responsibilities
The final section looks at who is responsible for certain aspects of health and safety at work. Although EVERYONE is responsible for maintaining good personal hygiene.
Infection Prevention and Control Certificate
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Infection Prevention and Control Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Infection Prevention & Control Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and all relevant approvals.
Real user reviews
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Excellent course very detailed
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Brilliant
Found it extremely helpful and enjoyed the fact it was multiple choice
good
Refreshed my knowledge of Infection Prevention and control.
Excellent
good way of learning No travel no extra expences
too time consuming
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interesting course
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dull
double negative question caused some confusion, disposing of ppe and the order also, ...no one to confer /discuss with ..a sad course unfortunately.
relevant training
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Legislations relating to Infection Prevention and Control
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work. Take a look at relevant legislation below.
Infection Prevention and Control training is an essential part of good Health and Safety practice across a number of work environments - from Hospitality to Healthcare, such as:
- People who work helping other people, for example people who work in healthcare, such as care workers;
- People who work in education, particularly those who work closely with children;
- People who work in the food industry;
- Those who work in agriculture, particularly those who work with animals;
- People who work in laboratories and especially those who work with the bacterial agents that cause infections.
The following legislative documents underpin this kind of training:
There are controls to prevent infection from poor food handling in any areas where food is prepared, stored or eaten.
This covers appropriate training and controls for any substances which have the potential to cause harm to health if they are ingested, inhaled, or are absorbed by, or come into contact with, the skin, or other body membranes.
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008; Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infections and Related Guidance, published by Department of Health, July 2015
This ACoP gives a detailed overview of the responsibilities of healthcare professionals when it comes to taking appropriate measures to reduce the spread of infection and bacteria.