COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will enable you to raise your knowledge and awareness of infections common to the health care sector and the ways to minimise the risk of infection in your work place.
CERTIFICATION
Once complete the course, you will have to complete the quiz. You have to achieve a minimum of 75% to pass.
You are allowed to attempt the quiz five times and you can retake the course if needed 5 times as well.
Upon completing the quiz, go to the course and mark the course as complete and then you will be presented with the electronic copy of the certificate.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
As a result of doing this course the participant will be able to have a clear understanding about various types of infectious diseases and how to control them.
COURSE CONTENT
Chapter 1
What is infection
Definitions – Colonisation and Infection
Infection – Facts
What has infectious increased?
Chapter 2
Why is infection control important?
Types of infection
why do people feel so unwell?
How does the body fight infection?
The chain of infection
Chapter 3
Infection control measures
When should you wash your hands?
How to wash hands
Chapter 4
Universal precautions
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Barrier Nursing
Process to follow during isolation
Chapter 5
Infection control – needles and sharps
Health and Social Care Act 2008: Codes of Practice
Controlling the outbreak of Infection
