Description

This online infection control training care homes course answers many questions regarding infection prevention within the social care environment and is an ideal learning solution for social care workers, nurses, or any residential care home staff member who is required to hold up to date infection prevention training certificate.

Being able to conduct your social care infection prevention certification online will enable you to complete this course at a time that is convenient to you.

What is covered in our e-learning course?

• Introduction to infection prevention
• Why infection prevention and control is essential
• Healthcare associated infections (HAIs)
• Chain of infection and how to ‘break the chain’
• Standard & universal precautions for infection prevention
• Safe and appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Management and safe disposal of clinical waste
• Safe management of body fluid spillages
• Management of laundry in clinical environments
• Effective environmental cleaning and decontamination
• Safe use and disposal of sharps
• Management of sharps injuries
• Importance of practising effective hand hygiene
• Common barriers to effective hand hygiene in clinical environments
• Recommended hand hygiene techniques
• Appropriate hand hygiene products and facilities
• How the personal health and fitness of healthcare workers can be a risk to others.

On completion of this online infection control course for care homes & the social care environment you will be required to undertake a test, which has a pass mark of 80%. Do not worry if you fail on your first attempt, as you can retake the test as many times as you are required.

Once you have successfully completed this course free health & care infection control training certification will be available to download and print from your secure training area for your records. Our CPD certificate can be used to provide evidence for workplace compliance and is recognised internationally.

All of our e-learning courses and programs are accredited by the CPD Certification Service, conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.