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Healthcare
Adults Employers Part-TimeOur FREE 12 week online courses are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification across a number of sectors. These courses enable you to study flexibly and plan your learning at times that work best for you; whatever your goals. For further details about the course and the content, please click Course Description below.
We don't have an immediate start date for this course. All applicants will be contacted as soon as start dates are confirmed
This qualification aims to prepare you for tackling the outbreak of infection in hospitals and healthcare settings and how to control infections by aiding you in understanding the many causes of infection and how it can be spread, as well as how you can help control it. Following the COVID19 outbreak, prevention and control measures through good practice are more key than ever before. This course will look at infection prevention and control in health and social care, the causes and spread of infection and the infection control procedures in health care.
Learn about the chain of infection and examine how infection is caused and the ways in which it can spread.
Discover the vital importance of personal hygiene, demonstrate effective hand washing and the principles of using personal protective equipment.
This unit will provide an understanding of how important cleaning, decontamination, sterilisation and waste management is within the healthcare setting.
In this unit explore 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.
You will be asked a series of eligibility questions upon enrolment.
| Age | Cost |
|---|---|
| All ages | Free |
| 19+ | £0 |
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If you are aged 19 - 24 at the start of your course and have an active Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP), any course up to and including level 3 will be fully-funded by the government. This means you will not have a course fee to pay and any equipment considered essential to complete your course will be provided by the college.
Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings.
Online e-learning with modular units to complete.
This course is online and the start date is flexible
Distance Learning
Part-Time
Duration 12 weeks