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PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTION IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate
Every year, one in ten hospital patients develop a healthcare associated infection during their stay in a UK hospital.
Approximately 5,000 patients die as a direct result of one of these infections.
In most cases, these infections are difficult to treat and can complicate any other current or previous illnesses that a patient has, as well as causing distress for the individual and their family.
Taking this course can help tackle the outbreak of infection in hospitals and healthcare settings by helping you understand the causes and spread of infection and how you can help to control it.
Who is suitable?
Infection prevention is crucial to saving lives, so this course is of high importance to any existing or new healthcare employees. The information contained in the course is vital to anyone who wishes to work in the healthcare sector in the future.
What you will learn
This free course is split into 4 manageable units:
- 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 health care settings
- Principles of decontamination, cleaning and waste management in health care settings
- Principles of infection prevention and control in a health care setting
Benefits
- Gain a nationally recognised qualification
- Study will enhance both personal skills and professional development
- The programme is delivered via distance learning, allowing you to choose where and when you study
- On average, the course should only take between 10-16 weeks to complete
- Personal tutors are assigned to each individual learner to ensure you have the necessary support needed to be successful
- Online
- Paper-based
6-8 weeks
Studying via distance learning means you can choose when and where you study.
This course is available:
- Paper-based
- Paper-based learning with online assessments – No exams
NCFE CACHE
- Learners must be aged 19 or over as of the 31/8/2019
- Learners must be living in Scotland and have lived in the EU for the last 3 years
- Learners cannot be on another government funded course or apprenticeship
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