Course Duration:  3 Hours

Aims:
Infection control and prevention is essential for businesses where work activities could put employees at risk of passing on or contracting an infection. This includes working in a healthcare environment, in close contact with people or animals, and cleaning human and animal waste.

Course Content:

• Understand the importance of personal hygiene to prevent the spread of infection
• Know the people most at risk from infections
• Know the main ways that infection can enter the body
• Know the Correct procedure for hand washing
• Know Correct clothing for work
• Know The importance of PPE and when to use it
• Know how to handle soiled waste or linen and clinical waste
• Know what action to take if they are ill