Infection prevention and control procedures developed for the healthcare and allied industries form the basis of this course. Now available for contemporary settings and suitable for all workplaces this course will help you quickly implement best practice virus and bacteria prevention and control measures.
Learn the skills and knowledge required to follow organisational infection prevention and control procedures. This nationally accredited training includes implementing standard and transmission-based precautions; responding to standard and transmission-based events and responding to infection risks.
This course is essential in developing your workplace health and safety capacity.
Ideal for
Individuals working in health, community services and direct client care contexts.
Please note this course has assessment requirements that must be completed in a workplace. If you are not able to access a workplace for the practical assessments, you will not be able to successfully complete this unit of competency.
Entry requirements
You will need to have language, literacy and numeracy skills (LLN) that allow you to read and interpret information and prepare documents at a basic to intermediate level. City East Community College may conduct an LLN assessment as part of the pre enrolment process.
If you feel you may have difficulty with in this area please contact us so we can see how we can support you.
What you will learn:
• hand hygiene and care of hands
• use of personal protective equipment
• handling of waste
• enforcing clean and contaminated zones
• limitation of contamination
• surface cleaning for infection control
• identify infection hazards and assess risks
• best practice virus and bacteria infection and control
• where to find reliable and trustworthy information
Upon successful completion students will receive a statement of attainment in – HLTINF001 Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures.
About our teachers
Our trainers are fully qualified to deliver nationally recognised training and are highly experienced in their area of expertise.
What you will need
• a computer to participate in online learning
• workplace, organisation policies and procedures
• ability to video your assessment or participate in a video conference (smartphone) OR access to a workplace supervisor to observe, monitor and assess your performance
This is nationally accredited training. You will need:
• a unique student identifier (USI), and
• to send us a copy of your photo id.
Nominal hours: 25
Call us on 9387 7400 if you need any help.