Infection Prevention and Control Training - Level 2

What is covered in this online infection prevention and control training course?
This online infection prevention and control training course covers the following:

✓ An introduction to infection prevention and control
✓ Why infection prevention and control is important
✓ Healthcare associated infections (HAIs)
✓ The ‘chain of infection’ and how to ‘break the chain’
✓ Standard/universal precautions for infection prevention and control
✓ 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’ for 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
✓ Where to find additional information about infection prevention and control (online learning resources)