Hand Hygiene
Course Aims:
This course aims to give learners the knowledge and understanding required to perform effective Hand Hygiene.
Hand Hygiene is one of the most important things in managing infection control and prevention in a health and social care workplace, and as professionals, health and social care workers should know how and when to practice effective hand hygiene.
This training applies to all health and social care workers that work in settings such as Care Homes, Day Centres or supporting an individual in their own home. This also applies to hospital staff at health care assistant level, unpaid and voluntary workers.
Guided Learning Hours: up to 30 minutes, dependent on learner’s skills and abilities.
The training provided is linked directly to the Care Certificate and the Health and Social Care Diploma at level 2 and level 3.
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Course Price:
£18.00 Inc VAT
Learning Outcomes:
What is meant by hand hygiene.
How to break the Chain of Infection with 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene.
How to wash hands correctly.
How to use hand rub correctly.
How to put on and take off disposable gloves correctly.
FAQs
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to contact us directly to receive your Certification.
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Yes, our Courses are CPD Certified.
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.
Course Price:
£18.00 Inc VAT
Level:
Managers, seniors and staff with responsibility for managing data processing systems
Course Syllabus Includes:
Theory of Handwashing
Defining Hand Hygiene
The Importance of Hand Hygiene
Coronavirus: COVID-19
Hand Hygiene Risks
Practicing Hand Hygiene
Micro-organisms and Pathogens
Resident and Transient Bacteria
The Chain of Infection
Mode of Transmission
5 moments of Hand Hygiene
Handwashing Procedure
Hand Drying Technique
When Hands should be Washed
Effects and Use of Hand Rubs & Sanitisers
NICE Guidelines: Hand Decontamination
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The Use of Disposable Gloves
Allergies
Donning and Doffing PPE
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