This course aims to give learners the knowledge and understanding required to perform effective hand hygiene.

Hand Hygiene is one of the most important things in managing infection control and prevention in a health and social care workplace, and as professionals, health and social care workers should know how and when to practice effective hand hygiene.

This training applies to all health and social care workers that work in settings such as Care Homes, Day Centres or supporting an individual in their own home. This also applies to hospital staff at health care assistant level, unpaid and voluntary workers.

Guided Learning Hours: up to 30 minutes, dependent on learner’s skills and abilities.

The training provided is linked directly to the Care Certificate and the Health and Social Care Diploma at level 2 and level 3.