Infection Prevention and Control – Level 2 – Online Training Course – CPD Certified
£19.99
Mandatory Compliance is a leading UK provider of accredited online training courses for health and social care professionals and organisations that are approved by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK), RoSPA, IATP, IFE, IIRSM and Gatehouse Awards.
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Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 - Online Training Course - CPD Accredited E-Learning Courses.
Welcome to our online Infection Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 training course for front-line healthcare and social care providers. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
The risk of infection within a healthcare setting poses a significant risk to patients, carers and staff. Without effective infection prevention and control approaches, an infection can cause distress, harm, and impair the quality of life and healthcare experiences. Infection frequently requires additional costly resources to treat. Therefore, prevention of infection has to be a key priority for all staff groups working within a healthcare setting.
Consequently, ensuring that all staff have high levels of infection prevention and control awareness, supported through an adequate education and training approach, should form a central feature of any infection prevention and control strategy.
Entry requirements - no prerequisites required
Assessment type - Complete end of course assessment (80% needed to pass and gain CPD certificate)
Certification/Qualification - Downloadable CPD certified certificate
Cost(s) of assessment and certification - Assessment and certification costs included in the course price
Course accreditation - CPD Certification Service (CPDUK)
Course access - Part-time (1-year access)
Who is the course for?
This Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 e-learning course should be completed by those who work in health and social care services including:
- NHS medical, nursing, AHP and care staff,
- Locum doctors and nurses,
- Locum allied health professionals (AHPs),
- Agency nurses,
- Agency workers,
- Healthcare assistants,
- Support workers,
- Care assistants,
- Nursery staff,
- Teachers and teaching staff, and
- Community services.
Our online Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 courses should be completed by all healthcare and social care staff. This includes voluntary staff and unpaid working in NHS and private hospitals. Locum doctors, locum allied health professionals, agency nurses and healthcare assistants can also complete these e-learning courses.
These Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 training courses are also relevant for health and social care support workers, including those who work for nursing care homes, residential care homes and charities.
What is covered in this course?
This online Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 training course covers the following:
- An introduction to infection prevention and control,
- Why infection prevention and control is important,
- Healthcare associated infections (HAIs),
- The ‘chain of infection' and how to 'break the chain',
- Standard/universal precautions for infection prevention and control,
- Safe and appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE),
- Management and safe disposal of clinical waste,
- Safe management of body fluid spillages,
- Management of laundry in clinical environments,
- Effective environmental cleaning and decontamination,
- Safe use and disposal of sharps,
- Management of sharps injuries,
- Importance of practising effective hand hygiene,
- The World Health Organisation's (WHO) 'Five Moments' for hand hygiene,
- Common barriers to effective hand hygiene in clinical environments,
- Recommended hand hygiene techniques,
- Appropriate hand hygiene products and facilities,
- How the personal health and fitness of healthcare workers can be a risk to others, and
Where to find additional information about infection prevention and control (online learning resources).
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Course aims and objectives
The aims and objectives of this Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 course are to improve the awareness of universal procedures required to prevent and minimise the spread of infections.
Health care workers can take steps to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. These steps are part of infection control. Proper hand washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals. Standard precautions are a set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases that can be acquired by contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (including rashes), and mucous membranes.
Learning outcomes
Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 course is for all healthcare staff providing direct patient care and other relevant staff , based upon role and local risk assessment (Level 1 outcomes plus the following).
The learner will relevant to their role:
- Be able to describe the healthcare organisation’s and their own responsibilities in terms of current infection prevention and control legislation,
- Know how to obtain information about infection prevention and control within the organisation,
- Understand what is meant by the term healthcare associated infections,
- Understand the chain of infection and how this informs infection prevention and control practice,
- Demonstrate an understanding of the routes of transmission of micro-organisms,
- Understand individual roles and responsibilities for the three levels of decontamination,
- Use single use items appropriately,
- Be able to conduct a risk assessment in respect of ensuring infection prevention and control,
- Explain different alert organisms and conditions that pose an infection risk, and
- Describe how to safely manage patients with specific alert organisms.
Why is this Infection Prevention and Control - Level 2 course important?
The risk of infection within a healthcare setting poses a significant risk to patients, carers and staff. Without effective infection prevention and control approaches, infection can cause distress, harm, and impair the quality of life and healthcare experiences. Infection frequently requires additional costly resources to treat. Therefore, prevention of infection has to be a key priority for all staff groups working within a healthcare setting. Consequently, ensuring that all staff have high levels of infection prevention and control awareness, supported through an effective education and training approach, should form a central feature of any infection prevention and control strategy.
Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often under-recognised and under-supported, part of the infrastructure of health care.
Infection control in the workplace aims to prevent pathogens being passed from one person to another. The foundation of good infection control is to assume that everyone is potentially infectious. Basic infection control procedures include hand washing and keeping the workplace clean and include standard precautions such as:
- Hand hygiene,
- Personal protective equipment (PPE),
- Injection safety,
- Environmental cleaning,
- Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette, and
- Transmission-based precautions (e.g. contact, droplet, and airborne).
Hand washing is the most important procedure in the prevention and minimisation of the spread of infection within health care settings. Gloves are worn as a barrier to protect the wearer's hands from contamination or to prevent the transfer of organisms already on the hands.
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Our online courses and programmes range from introductory modules at Level 1 (awareness/beginner) to advanced and expert modules up to Level 6.
Our e-learning modules count towards CPD hours for professionals in various sectors as well as meeting mandatory and statutory requirements (where relevant).
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The Mandatory Training Group is an accredited and trusted leading provider of statutory and mandatory training for health and social care providers across all UK regions.
Established by qualified health and social care professionals, we have extensive experience in various NHS, private and education sectors. Click here to see our full range of accredited courses, programmes and qualifications.
Staff working in health and social care environments must ensure that they complete appropriate statutory and mandatory training to provide safe and effective services.
Our health and social care training courses, programmes and qualifications were designed to provide effective learning and development opportunities for staff at all levels. Our packages include induction training, statutory and mandatory courses and continuing professional development (CPD).
Our statutory, mandatory and specialist health and social care training courses are delivered in line with the relevant UK legislation and recommended practice and standards including:
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- Qualifications and Credits Framework (QCF).
We provide over 500 online CPD accredited training courses, programmes and qualifications. These course materials were developed to meet the needs of individuals and organisations from both the NHS and private sectors.
Some of the key benefits include health and social care workers to meet both their responsibilities and job roles, which are ideal for induction, awareness, knowledge and refresher training.
- Online, self-paced training
- 24-hour learner support
- High-quality interactive courses
- Intuitive learning management system
- Complete modules within 1-2 hours
- Meet organisational mandatory training needs
- Meet training requirements for statutory training
- Instant digital CPD certificates on completion
- Meet current UK legislation and guidelines
- Over 500 CPD courses covering multiple business sectors
- Free blended learning environment (BLE) for all organisations.
You will need access to a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone device to complete these online courses. You can start, pause/stop and return to where you left off.
Our courses utilise responsive design features, making them available on any device of your choice.
All the courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK). The Mandatory Training Group is an accredited corporate provider of E-Learning courses, programmes and qualifications across all sectors. Click here to see our CPDUK accreditation.
The CPD certificates, awarded upon successful completion, can be used to log your hours against.
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We want you to be completely satisfied with your training. Thus, we offer a 14-day money-back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied.
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good course
very enjoyable and easy to understand
like to have feedback on wrong answers
Geat
Wonderful course..
Interesting
I am not 'hands on' in my working role and felt in the current climate I should have the same good codes of practice as the staff in the services I visit. As I audit the health & safety of the environment I thought this course was very important for me to complete.
good interesting course
Clear and informative - easy learning
great
