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Health and Social Care: Infection Prevention and 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.
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
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Health and Social Care: Infection Prevention and Control
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Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: No prior knowledge of the care sector or IT skills needed.
Delivery: Accessed online via AIMS™ and also available for el-box™ or on CD in a SCORM-compliant version.
(AIMS™ is our Learning Management System, which is accessible from any internet capable PC with broadband connection.
The el-box™ is a touch screen tablet PC pre-loaded with our elearning courses.)
Benefits for Managers and Care Providers
Fully meets with Skills for Care minimum standards for adult social care
High quality, consistent and cost-effective training
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
The course maps to a Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care and Skills for Care National Occupational Standards
eLearning allows learners to progress at their own pace and in their own time
Non-threatening learning with engaging graphics and interactions
Includes narration features throughout which is helpful for learners with reading problems or non-native English
speakers
Enhances learner skill sets as a pathway to greater responsibility
Mapping to the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care
MindLeaders and EDI have worked in partnership to map and accredit the course against the EDI Level 2 Diploma in Health
and Social Care. Completion of the elearning modules enables learners to build their knowledge of the sector against the
requirements of the qualification, and progress towards the full EDI Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care. EDI is
accredited by the UK regulatory authorities to award over 370 vocational qualifications and quality assure over 400 training
programmes.
Mapping to the National Occupational Standards (NOS)
The “The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control”, “Causes and Spread of Infection” and “Cleaning, Decontamination
and Waste Management” units have been developed by Skills for Care and Development in partnership with Awarding
Organisations. They provide a key progression route between education and employment (or further training leading to
employment). They are directly relevant to the needs of employers and relate to the National Occupational Standards
developed by Skills for Care and Development.
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