Infection Control

 

Who should attend:

Any healthcare staff who want training covering all aspects of infection control in different healthcare settings.

 

Course benefits:

This course aims to help you understand the key areas of risk across a number of areas. You will find out why infection control is so important and you’ll learn all about how infection spreads, how to fight infection and how you can work to prevent the spread of infection.

 

Additional Information:

 

 

Certificates:

On completion students will gain a Certificate of Attendance from Essential Training.

 

 

Contents:

What is Infection Control

Standard infection control precautions

Disposal of waste

Label information

Food waste

Contamination injury

Storage/handling of clinical waste

Types of waste

Disinfection

Sterilisation

Hand washing

Gloves

Aprons

Linen

Isolation

 

Common infections -

 

• Chickenpox/shingles

• Diarrhoea and vomiting

• Meningitis

• Head lice

• Hepatitis A

• Hepatitis B

• Hepatitis C,

• HIV

• Scabies

• Tuberculosis

• MRSA & Clostridium Difficile known as Cdif

• SCARS

• Whooping cough