"Every year one in 10 hospital patients develop a Healthcare Associated Infection during their stay in a UK hospital. Approximately 5000 patients die as a direct result of one of these infections and they also play a part in 15,000 other deaths in the UK every year. In most cases, these infections are difficult to treat and can complicate previous illnesses that a patient has, as well as causing distress for the individual and their family.
Taking this qualification can help tackle the outbreak of infection in hospitals and health care settings by helping you understand the causes and spread of infection and how you can help to control it. You can complete this course on our interactive online learning platform, EQUAL, where your knowledge will be assessed through a series of short answer questions with no examinations.
Level 2 in Prevention and Control of Infection course content
This course is split into manageable units. These are:
Unit 1: Principles of the causes and spread of infection in health care settings
Learners will gain an understanding of the chain of infection and look at how infection is caused and how it can spread.
Unit 2: Principles of the importance of personal hygiene and health in the prevention and control of infection in health care settings
This unit explores the importance of personal hygiene and effective hand washing and the principles of using personal protective equipment.
Unit 3: Principles of decontamination, cleaning and waste management in health care settings
Learners will gain an understanding of how important cleaning, decontamination, sterilisation and waste management is within the healthcare setting.
Unit 4: Principles of infection prevention and control in a health care setting
This unit will explain the purpose of infection control and look in detail at the regulations, policies, procedures, risk assessments and roles and responsibilities in relation to infection control."
Who is the Level 2 in Prevention and Control of Infection course at?
This nationally-recognised NCFE course is aimed at people how are or will be working in environments where waste and personal hygiene may be an issue; hospitals, kitchens, leisure centres etc.
Students must have a reasonable standard of basic education is suitable for this course, but the learning resources are all written in simple everyday language with no jargon and all in a logical structure, making the information easy to process and understand.
What kind of Level 2 in Prevention and Control of Infection are available?
This course is offered by The Skills Network and is part paper-based and part onlin assessments.
After completing the Level 2 in Prevention and Control of Infection course
Graduates of this course will be able to add a nationally-recognised course to their CV, as awell as offering employers a trained member of staff who will be well aware of hygiene in and around their place of work.
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