About 300,000 patients developed an infection in England each year while being treated by the NHS. Protecting people from infection is an essential element of providing high quality care especially considering the capacity some potentially life-threatening infections have to spread within care environments.
Benefits
- Achieve a nationally recognised level 2 qualification
- Evidence your competency to employers
- Game deeper understanding of good personal hygiene and maintaining a clean environment
- Further your personal and professional development
- Learn at a time that suits you without the need to attend college
What you will learn
- Principles of the causes and spread of infection in health care settings
- Principles of the importance of personal hygiene and health in the prevention and control of infection in healthcare settings
- Principles of decontamination, cleaning and waste management in healthcare settings
