Infection Prevention & Control
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More than just good housekeeping Minimising the risk of infection has never been more important in a social care setting. This engaging and interactive elearning course enables learners to maintain the high hygiene standards critical to the care environment and promotes the best practice for infection prevention and control procedures. The course maps to the following units of the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care: • The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control (Unit sector reference: IC01) • Causes and Spread of Infection (Unit sector reference: IC02) • Cleaning, Decontamination and Waste Management (Unit sector reference:IC03) IC01, IC02 and IC03 are all optional Group B units within the Health and Social Care Diploma at Level 2. Datasheet Health and Social Care: Infection Prevention and Control Like Us facebook.com/MindLeaders Follow Us @MindLeaders Watch Us youtube.com/MindLeadersInc Find Us Search “MindLeaders” Key Information Course Modules and Topics: Each of the four modules includes a multiple-choice, post-module assessment to record and secure learner understanding. 1. Legislation relevant to Infection Prevention and Control • Introduction • What the law says • Infection prevention and control policies 2. Roles and Responsibilities in Infection Control • Roles in Infection control • The role of the careworker in infection control • Risk assessment 3. Cause and Spread of Infection • The causes of infection • How micro-organisms cause infection • Pathogenic organisms 4. Preventing and Controlling the Spread of Infection • The importance of good personal hygiene • Infection control precautions • Maintaining a clean environment • Personal protective equipment • Managing Infection • Handling, storing and disposing of waste • Decontamination Techniques mindleaders.com
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More than just good housekeeping
Minimising the risk of infection has never been more important in a social care setting. This engaging and interactive elearning course enables learners to maintain the high hygiene standards critical to the care environment and promotes the best practice for infection prevention and control procedures.
The course maps to the following units of the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care:
•ThePrinciplesofInfectionPreventionandControl(Unitsectorreference:IC01) •CausesandSpreadofInfection(Unitsectorreference:IC02) •Cleaning,DecontaminationandWasteManagement(Unitsectorreference:IC03)
IC01,IC02andIC03arealloptionalGroupBunitswithintheHealthandSocialCareDiplomaatLevel2.
DatasheetHealthandSocialCare:InfectionPreventionandControl
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Key Information
Course Modules and Topics:
Eachofthefourmodulesincludesamultiple-choice,post-module assessment to record and secure learner understanding.
1.LegislationrelevanttoInfectionPreventionandControl
•Introduction •Whatthelawsays •Infectionpreventionandcontrolpolicies
2.RolesandResponsibilitiesinInfectionControl
•RolesinInfectioncontrol •Theroleofthecareworkerininfectioncontrol •Riskassessment
3.CauseandSpreadofInfection
•Thecausesofinfection •Howmicro-organismscauseinfection •Pathogenicorganisms
4.PreventingandControllingtheSpreadofInfection
•Theimportanceofgoodpersonalhygiene •Infectioncontrolprecautions •Maintainingacleanenvironment •Personalprotectiveequipment •ManagingInfection •Handling,storinganddisposingofwaste •DecontaminationTechniques
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DatasheetHealthandSocialCare:InfectionPreventionandControl
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Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements:NopriorknowledgeofthecaresectororITskillsneeded.
Delivery:AccessedonlineviaAIMS™andalsoavailableforel-box™oronCDinaSCORM-compliantversion.
(AIMS™isourLearningManagementSystem,whichisaccessiblefromanyinternetcapablePCwithbroadbandconnection.Theel-box™isatouchscreentabletPCpre-loadedwithourelearningcourses.)
Benefits for Managers and Care Providers
Fully meets with Skills for Care minimum standards for adult social care
Highquality,consistentandcost-effectivetraining
Minimizes the risk of mistreatment and reduces severity of resulting legal action
Comprehensive reporting of learner progress and outcomes for better CQC inspections and ratings
Convenient and easy to implement through a variety of delivery methods
Benefits for Learners
ThecoursemapstoaLevel2DiplomainHealthandSocialCareandSkillsforCareNationalOccupationalStandards
eLearning allows learners to progress at their own pace and in their own time
Non-threatening learning with engaging graphics and interactions
Includesnarrationfeaturesthroughoutwhichishelpfulforlearnerswithreadingproblemsornon-nativeEnglish speakers
Enhances learner skill sets as a pathway to greater responsibility
Mapping to the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care
MindLeadersandEDIhaveworkedinpartnershiptomapandaccreditthecourseagainsttheEDILevel2DiplomainHealthand Social Care. Completion of the elearning modules enables learners to build their knowledge of the sector against the requirementsofthequalification,andprogresstowardsthefullEDILevel2DiplomainHealthandSocialCare.EDIisaccreditedbytheUKregulatoryauthoritiestoawardover370vocationalqualificationsandqualityassureover400trainingprogrammes.
Mapping to the National Occupational Standards (NOS)
The“ThePrinciplesofInfectionPreventionandControl”,“CausesandSpreadofInfection”and“Cleaning,DecontaminationandWasteManagement”unitshavebeendevelopedbySkillsforCareandDevelopmentinpartnershipwithAwardingOrganisations.Theyprovideakeyprogressionroutebetweeneducationandemployment(orfurthertrainingleadingtoemployment).TheyaredirectlyrelevanttotheneedsofemployersandrelatetotheNationalOccupationalStandardsdeveloped by Skills for Care and Development.
