Infection Prevention & Control (International)
‘Infection Prevention & Control’ focuses on four key areas:
Infection Prevention & Control
- What a healthcare associated infection is
- The main types of healthcare associated infection
- Why healthcare associated infection has increased in recent years
- How infections are spread (The chain of infection)
- Why the need to control infection
- Your role in infection prevention and control
Hand Hygiene
- Why hand hygiene is so important
- What is on your hands
- Effective hand hygiene
- Performing hand washing
- Decontamination using alcohol based products
- When to use each technique
- Your role in hand hygiene
Waste Management & Decontamination Issues
- What healthcare waste is (risk waste/non-risk waste)
- Packaging and disposal of healthcare risk waste
- Correct management of sharps
- Appropriate segregation of laundry
- Single use and reusable equipment
- Decontamination of healthcare equipment
- Reprocessing of instruments and equipment
- Management of blood spillages
- Your role in healthcare waste management and decontamination
Personal Protection
- The need for personal protective equipment
- The use of gloves
- The use of aprons and gowns
- The use of eye protection and face masks
- Donning personal protective equipment
- Removing personal protective equipment
- Inoculation injuries
- Cough etiquette
- Your role in personal protection