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Statutory & Mandatory Training: Infection Prevention and Control Level 1

Our infection, prevention and control level 1 online course looks at the importance of preventing and controlling the spread of infection, and best practice in the healthcare setting. You will learn the standard infection prevention and control precautions relevant to your role.

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Course Overview

Format

Introductory Course
Up to 45 Minutes
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

1 CPD Hour
CPD Certified

Course description

Infection poses a threat to everyone and can lead to severe illnesses, worsening of underlying conditions, or even fatalities. As part of your role, you need to understand the routes by which an infection can get into the body and how poor health or hygiene might pose a risk to yourself and others.

This module looks at the importance of preventing and controlling the spread of infection, and best practice in the healthcare setting.

Statutory & Mandatory Training: Infection Prevention and Control Level 1 Features

Our new Statutory & Mandatory Training: Infection Prevention and Control Level 1 has been designed to work on all devices including mobiles, laptops, tablets and desktops giving you the flexibility to complete the training at a time and in a location suitable for you.

With healthcare staff often expected to complete training on an annual basis there will be topics you will be more familiar with than others. Our self assessment tool, which is at the start of each course, will allow you to test your knowledge to see if you would like to complete the training or progress straight to the end of course test.

At the end of this infection prevention and control level 1 courses, you will need to complete a test that consists of multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve an 80% pass mark, and - if necessary - may attempt the test six times at no extra cost. If learners do not achieve the pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.

The level 1 infection prevention and control level 1 is fully interactive and is packed with various multimedia forms including video, animation and custom graphics to give you the best learning experience.

Each element of the training is WCAG 2.2 accessible and includes scenarios, contextualised activities, reflective activities, knowledge checks, bite sized lessons and so much more.

Accreditation

The content of this training course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Duration

This course will take up to 45 minutes to complete, depending on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material. Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout.

Entry requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

You will learn

Identify how you can contribute to infection prevention and control

Explain and put into practice the standard infection prevention and control precautions relevant to your role, such as hand hygiene, protective clothing, managing spillages and accidental exposure to blood and bodily fluids, sharps safety, waste management, and managing the environment and care equipment

Explain how poor health or hygiene can increase the spread of infection in the workplace

Who is it for?

Roles including:

Anyone working in a role in which infection prevention and control is important, but where you may not be in direct contact with bodily fluids

Doctor’s receptionist

Hospital administrator

Hospital porter

Anybody who wants to understand how to prevent and control the spread of infection

How the online courses work

Find a course

To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.
Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.
Buy the course

When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.
Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.
If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.