Infection Prevention Control

Course Duration: 

9.30am - 12.30pm

Target Audience:

All staff, volunteers, family carers, direct employers and their PA’s who are involved in serving food and supporting others to purchase, store, prepare and cook meals

Aim:

To provide knowledge and understanding of the principles of Infection Prevention Control. Participants will look at infection prevention and control methods.

Learning Outcomes:

After attending this course, learners will:

• Understand what an infection is
• Understand what the causes of infection are
• Increase the knowledge of how infection spread
• Understand impact of infections on vulnerable people and why some people are more vulnerable than others
• Increase the knowledge of the key signs of infection
• Understand Infection and contamination prevention and control (hand washing, PPE and waste management)
• Understand how to deal with soiled linens, spills and sharps, clinical waste, body fluids
• Increase the knowledge of the decontamination techniques (inc. basic COSHH reminder)