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Care Certificate 15 - Infection Prevention And Control

Level 2 Country: England CPD MINUTES: 90

At your venue and virtual : price on request

If you have eight or more learners requiring this training, we recommend delivering it virtually or in person at a chosen venue. The online version is a practical option if bringing your team together at the same time is not feasible due to location or duty of care commitments.

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Description & Learning objectives

This course covers the fifteenth and final standard of the Care Certificate and will look at how effective methods of infection prevention and control can assist care practitioners to keep service users well and protected. It will look at how infections and viruses enter the body and how they spread, using an understanding of the chain of infection. It will also help care practitioners to understand how their own health and hygiene is vital to the welfare of the service users in their care. 

In addition, the course will cover hand hygiene and will look at personal protective equipment and how to use this effectively. Finally, it will look at the safe handling of clinical waste, and it will explore best practice on how care practitioners can remain safe and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.

The learning outcomes for this course are as follows: 

  • To understand how an infection can get into the body
  • To understand how your own health or hygiene might pose a risk to the individuals you care for and support 
  • To know how to demonstrate effective hand hygiene 
  • To be aware of common types of personal protective clothing, equipment and procedures and how and when to use them 
  • To understand the principles of safe handling of infected or soiled linen and clinical waste
  • To understand COVID-19 and infection control

This course is CPD accredited and adheres to the training, support and development standards outlined in the CQC – specifically CQC Regulation 18.

If you work within the adult care sector, this course will give you the required learning outcomes to be competent in your chosen subject area. 

Because each of our courses is created by a specialist within this sector, they have the expertise to tailor any course to your specific needs. You can even arrange for your own documentation policies or procedures to be included.

To discuss these options before making your booking, or to ask any other questions, please just get in touch via our live chat.

This course is intended for personal development only and does not provide a regulated qualification.

What to expect and the benefits!

Some subjects have less or more modules and are subject to change

At Your Venue

At Your Venue

  • Delivered at a venue of your choice
  • Tailor your session with the expert
  • Handout included
  • Certificated
  • Accredited**
  • You pick the dates & times
  • Free cancellations*
  • Discount if you use our E-Learning
Online

Online

  • Created by leading subject matter experts
  • Engaging & interactive
  • Standards & regulations
  • CPD accredited
  • Digital handbook included
  • Certificated
  • Reports & Analytics
  • Free technical support
Virtual

Virtual

  • Delivered over the internet via Zoom
  • Tailor your session with the expert
  • Digital handouts
  • Certificated
  • Accredited**
  • You pick the dates & times
  • Free cancellations*
  • Discount if you use our E-Learning
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