Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge to reduce transmission risks, maintain hygiene standards, protect patients, and support safe, effective clinical environments across settings.
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The Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff course provides essential training in infection prevention, control, and nursing hygiene practices. Designed for healthcare professionals, it strengthens safety standards, sterilisation techniques, and clinical protocol adherence. The program enhances patient care by promoting effective healthcare hygiene, reducing risks, and improving overall clinical outcomes in practice.
In this Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff curriculum, learners explore the Infection Prevention and Control Policy in the UK, principles of infection prevention, and immunisation practices. The course covers infections spread through food, water, animals, insects, and person-to-person contact, equipping nursing staff with essential healthcare knowledge for safer patient care environments.
The course further addresses infections spread by sexual contact, blood and body fluids, and less common infections found in the UK. Nursing professionals gain advanced knowledge in infection prevention and control strategies, improving healthcare safety, hygiene standards, and sterilisation protocols for effective patient care and robust clinical practice outcomes, delivery settings.
Learners can complete a mock exam to practice and assess their understanding before taking the final exam. The final multiple-choice exam is automatically marked, and learners must achieve at least 60% to pass. Successful learners receive a CPD-certified certificate.
After completing the Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Studying Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge to reduce healthcare-associated infections, ensure patient safety, and maintain high standards of hygiene in clinical environments across hospitals, clinics, and care settings.
This course strengthens nurses’ practical skills in infection control procedures, including hand hygiene, PPE use, and safe waste management. It supports compliance with healthcare guidelines and promotes confidence in preventing the spread of infectious diseases in patient care.
The Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff course has a total study time of 11 hours, 15 minutes. Learners can complete the programme at a flexible pace, allowing them to develop essential infection control knowledge and safe clinical practice standards while balancing study with other personal or professional commitments.
The Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff course requirements are simple and suitable for healthcare learners and nursing staff. No advanced clinical experience is required, although a basic understanding of patient care and hygiene practices is beneficial. The course is fully online, requiring only internet access and a digital device for flexible self-paced study.
It is a set of practices used to reduce the spread of infections in healthcare environments.
It protects patients, staff, and visitors from harmful infections and maintains a safe care environment.
You will learn hand hygiene, PPE use, cleaning procedures, isolation practices, and infection control guidelines.
It is essential for nurses, healthcare assistants, and all clinical and support staff in healthcare settings.
They include bacteria, viruses, contaminated equipment, and poor hygiene practices.
It reduces the spread of illness, prevents complications, and ensures safer healthcare delivery.
| Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff | |||
| Infection Prevention and Control Policy in the UK | 00:30:00 | ||
| Principles of Prevention and Control of Infection | 01:30:00 | ||
| Immunization | 00:45:00 | ||
| Infections Spread by Food and Water | 02:00:00 | ||
| Infections Spread by Animals and Insects, and Less Common Infections Found in the UK | 01:30:00 | ||
| Infections & Diseases Spread by Person-to-Person Contact | 01:20:00 | ||
| Infections Spread by Sexual Contact | 01:40:00 | ||
| Infections Spread by Blood and Body Fluids | 01:20:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam – Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff | 00:20:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam – Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Staff | 00:20:00 | ||
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