Infection Prevention and Control
Online Training Course

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  Did you know these facts about infection prevention and control?

  • Every year, hundreds of thousands of people suffer from infections that require medical attention.
  • No country, health care facility, public space, home or workplace can claim to be free of infections.
  • Social media can often present misinformation about outbreaks of viruses, and it is important to always double-check with credible sources such as UNICEF and the World Health Organisation.
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  Course Overview

  This online awareness course on infection prevention and control will help employees, contractors, and volunteers understand basic hygiene and how to prevent and control the spread of infection in the workplace. It explains infection prevention and control in the workplace, standard precautions of infection control, common infections and modes of transmission, and how to identify and report situations that pose a risk for infection to control the spread of infection.

  This infection prevention and control course is an awareness course that is suitable for all employees, contractors and volunteers and will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. At the end of the course, learners do a short assessment to check their understanding, followed by a declaration to confirm their responsibility to contribute to a healthy and safe workplace when it comes to infection prevention and control at work.

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  Course Target audience

  This course is suitable for all people or groups in Australian workplaces, including employees, contractors and volunteers.

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  Topics covered

  The following topics are covered in this infection prevention and control course:

  • Infection prevention and control in the workplace
  • Standard precautions for infection control
  • Common infections and modes of transmission
  • Identify and report situations that pose a risk for infection
  • Control the spread of infection
  • Infection control is everyone’s responsibility
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  Duration

  This course will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

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  Learner experience

  This online awareness course for infection prevention and control is simple to navigate, easy to understand and will accommodate all learning styles. During this infection prevention and control training, learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce the importance of standard precautions of infection control and how to identify, report and control situations that pose a risk for infection. At the end of this infection prevention and control course, there is a short online assessment. There is also a declaration that everyone understands that infection prevention and control will be taken seriously and that reporting of risks for infection is required.

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  Learning outcomes

  At the end of this awareness course for infection prevention and control, your employees, contractors and volunteers will be able to:

  • Define infection prevention and control.
  • Understand the standard precautions of infection control.
  • Spot common infections and the modes of transmission.
  • Identify and report situations that pose a risk for infection.
  • Control the spread of infection.
  • Understand that infection control is everyone’s responsibility.
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  Business outcomes

  Once your people have completed this online infection prevention and control course, you will achieve the following benefits:

  • Increased productivity through a healthier workplace.
  • Decreased absenteeism due to sickness.
  • Reduced risk for the spread of infection in the workplace.
  • Increased staff morale through a healthier workplace.
  • Increased reputation by being recognised as providing a healthy workplace.

To get a free demonstration of the online infection prevention and control awareness course, please get in touch with us today!