Enhance patient safety through proper hygiene and contamination prevention techniques with this free online course. Are you ready to protect lives and advance your career? This course equips you with real-world infection control strategies in homes, hospitals, and high-risk environments. Learn the principles global health leaders trust and earn your infection control certification. This course was reviewed and approved by qualified subject matter expert, Dr Luyando Moonze, a medical doctor at Mansa General Hospital and medical writer for African Female Voices.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195125 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Identify common infection transmission routes in care and clinical settings • Describe standard hygiene and cleanliness practices for infection control • Classify types of infections based on source, risk level, and care environment • Explain the principles behind effective infection prevention strategies • Apply infection control protocols in residential and home-based care • Evaluate infection risks using surveillance and monitoring methods • Compare global infection prevention guidelines and local practices • Assess the effectiveness of antimicrobial stewardship in care delivery • Summarise core elements of environmental cleanliness and hand hygiene • Plan a basic infection control response for a high-risk care environment • Distinguish between standard and transmission-based precautions • Review preparedness strategies for infection outbreaks and emergencies |
| Course Code | 7615 |
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