DS Infection Prevention and Control – Level 1
Online Course
Introduction to Infection Prevention and Control
- Legislation, regulations, National Standards and NICE Guidelines
- Contribute to Infection Prevention
Principles of Standard Precautions
- Infection Prevention and Control Precautions
- Personal Fitness and Infection
- HAIs
Workplace Policies, Procedures
- Obtaining Information within your workplace
- The Six Links relating to the spread of infection
Transmission of Micro-organisms
- Common Routes of Infection
Decontamination
- The Three Levels of Decontamination
Prevention
- Single-Use Items
- Infection, Prevention and Control Risk Assements
Alert Organisms and Conditions
- Diarrhoea
- Clostridium Difficile Infection
- Norovirus
- MRSA
Managing Infected Patients
- Isolation and Barrier Precautions
- Hand Hygiene
- Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection#
- Surveillance and Reporting
- Visitor Restrictions
- Training and Education