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Infection Control

Infectious diseases

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The outbreak of infection within a care setting is a serious occurrence, therefore the prevention and control of infections is a vital part of providing a safe service to your clients. Our comprehensive training course will help ensure you are doing all you can to prevent infection from occurring in the first instance, and should an infection occur, that you have the ability to respond quickly and effectively. Remember – infections can kill.

  • Date (DD-MM-YYYY)

    20-08-2024 to 20-08-2026

    Available on-demand until 20th August 2026

  • Cost

    From £1.79

  • Education type

    Virtual

  • CPD subtype

    On-demand

Description

About the course

This online training resource comprehensively covers all legal infection control requirements as well as addressing your induction, refresher, vocational and management training needs.

Who is this course for?

Whether for induction, vocational, refresher or management training, this is infection control training you will want to use time after time.

What does the course cover?

  • The human microbiome
  • What infection is
  • Risk of infection in care environments
  • Policies and procedures
  • Resident and transient flora
  • Pathogenicity and virulence
  • The immune system
  • Causes of a weakened immune system
  • Types of micro-organisms
  • Bacteria
  • Viruses
  • Parasites
  • Fungi
  • The chain of infection
  • People at risk of infection
  • Methods of infection transmission
  • Managing the control of infection
  • Employer and employee responsibilities
  • Risk assessment
  • Standard Infection Control Precautions
  • Personal hygiene
  • Hand washing
  • Hand sanitiser
  • Respiratory hygiene
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Effective cleaning
  • Cleaning schedules
  • Colour coding cleaning materials
  • Disinfectants
  • 3 levels of decontamination
  • Sterilisation
  • Exposure to body fluids
  • Biohazard spill kits
  • Laundry and linen
  • Sluicing
  • Waste disposal
  • Clinical waste
  • Safe use of sharps
  • Safe handling of specimens
  • Occupational health checks
  • Immunisations
  • Food hygiene
  • Legionella
  • Containing an infection outbreak
  • Signs of infection in elderly people
  • Notifiable diseases
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • RIDDOR

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