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Course contents
This training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1 Infections
- 2 The Chain of Infection
- 3 Hygiene

About this course
The risk of infection is everywhere, from door handles and desks to kitchens and keyboards. And once an infection contaminates, it can be spread around a workplace in as little as two to four hours.
It’s the job of staff and managers everywhere to be aware of the risks from infection and do what they can to help prevent it from spreading. This Infection Prevention and Control training course will help them do just that. It looks at what kinds of infections are most prevalent, what they are, how they spread, and who’s at risk. Most importantly, it considers what you can do to prevent the spread of infections at all.
Exposure to infection is largely incidental, and so is not specific to any particular working practice. However, due to the increased severity in the event that infection does take hold, this Infection Prevention and Control course is particularly useful to those working in the Care Industry.
iHASCO have also produced a free Coronavirus Awareness eLearning video.
Useful resources - Workplace Posters:

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Michelle LivingsThe importance of Infection Prevention and Control Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Infection Prevention & Control certificate
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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 and Control Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.

1,635 real user reviews
Training highlights control of infection
We all need reminding constantly of how significant it is to have good standards of hygiene,for the sake of our customers,our work colleagues and our families.
It is so helpful
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to learn about this course. Its really helpful. I already know about the basic hygiene but got to know more in details. I really didn't know about the bacteria viruses and illnesses. I'm so grateful to learn them in details. Thank you.
Very good knowledge
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Easy to understand - even pre covid !
comprehensive - WASH YOUR HANDS message gets across!!
It is great however it can be better!
I feel as if the training as a whole was good however it could be more engaging with the trainer meaning more interaction with us, more questions, more animations, get it out their, make it something after one video they want to learn because they want to not because they have to almost?
Great and easy to follow
It is nice to do some of these training because it part of our work.
Good
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
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Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
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:
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