Clinical Care
Clinical Care
Advanced Infection Control and Prevention
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Online/E-learning
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About this course
Those working in the healthcare sector should be aware of infection control in any care environment. In order to ensure safe and effective care, infection prevention and control forms an important part of a workforce’s everyday practice. Infections can spread incredibly rapidly and can sometimes be fatal to more vulnerable patients such as those who are immunocompromised. So, it’s best to ensure your employees are up-to-date with the standard precautions for Infection Prevention and Control.
This Infection Prevention and Control Advanced course is designed to teach learners how to control the spread of viral, bacterial and fungal infection, including the actions you can take to isolate an outbreak, the safe handling of infected waste and the relevant legislation. It also covers how important your own health and hygiene is at work including hand washing, sterilisation, PPE, COSHH requirements and disposal of biohazardous waste to ensure you cover all mandatory training requirements.
This online CPD-accredited Advanced Infection Prevention and Control training course is suitable for anyone working in the healthcare sector or any environment where there is an elevated risk of infections spreading/transferring including nurses, dentists, healthcare assistants, tattooists, vets, doctors and cleaners.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
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Infection prevention and control laws and legislation: Identify legislation, national and local guidelines, policies and procedures that affect infection prevention and control.
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Infection prevention and control precautions: Understand standard infection prevention and control precautions.
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Aseptic technique: Demonstrate the methods of aseptic technique including hand washing and alcohol hand gel procedures.
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Safe handling and disposal of waste and COSHH: Describe the importance of safe handling and disposal of waste, COSHH requirements, handling of uniforms, dress codes, linen and laundry.
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Outbreak action & reporting: Identify actions required in cases of outbreak of infection, including isolation of residence and mandatory reporting of healthcare associated infections to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
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Infection control policies: Describe how policies are put into place for safe handling and disposal of sharps and biohazardous waste, sharps injury procedures and occupational health procedures.
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Managing Risks: Manage infection prevention risks through observation, cleaning procedures and touch-point awareness.
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Outbreak alerts: Demonstrate awareness of control of outbreaks & infections associated with specific alerts such as tuberculosis, e-coli, flu pandemics and more.
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