This course aims to raise awareness of the importance of minimising the risk of infection in the workplace in order to prevent diseases from spreading. It equips workers with the right skills and knowledge relevant to a care setting including codes of practice, principles of hygiene and the safe handling of clinical waste to comply with their legal responsibilities.
What this course covers
- The main routes by which an infection can get into the body
- How to reduce the spread of infection
- Effective hand hygiene and best practice in relation to hand hygiene
- The ways in which own health and hygiene might pose a risk to others
- The common types of personal protective clothing, equipment and procedures and how to use them
- The principles of safe handling of infected or soiled linen and clinical waste
Course Duration
- Basic awareness: - 3 hours (£220)
- Advanced Awareness: - 6 hours (£320)