Description
This e-learning infection control training answers many questions and is an ideal learning solution for NHS nurses, social care workers, or any medical professional or residential care home staff member who is required to hold up to date cross contamination course certificate.
Our course presentations are clear and concise and this online infection control course for the healthcare & social care sectors was developed in line with the latest UK legislation and meets the requirements set out by the National Health Service (NHS), Resuscitation Council (UK), Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF), the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Skills for Care, UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other professional and regulatory bodies.
What is covered in this level 2, e-learning infection control course?
- An introduction to prevention and control & why this is important within the workplace
- Health care associated infections (HAI’s) and how to ‘break the chain’
- Standard/universal precautions and 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
- The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ‘Five Moments’ of 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 the health care workers can be a risk to others
- Where to find additional resources regarding e-learning.
Course Certification
At the end of this e-learning cross contamination programme for health & social care workers you will be required to complete an assessment with a pass mark of 80%.
On successful completion of the assessment you will be able to download a FREE CPD certificate that can be used to provide evidence of compliance. Our CPD certificate can be used to provide evidence and is recognised internationally.
All of our e-learning course programs are accredited by the CPD Certification Service, accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Ramesh –
Overall I had a good experience completing this infection control course, a little time consuming, but that was down to me being distracted. I would recommend this course to my fellow healthcare providers in my surgery.