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Care Certificate (Part 15) - Infection Prevention and Control

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Infectious diseases have the potential to spread from person to person, posing significant risks in health and social care settings. This chapter emphasizes the importance of infection prevention and control measures to protect both individuals receiving care and healthcare workers.

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What you'll learn

  • Recognize different categories of pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and protozoa) and their characteristics.
  • Recognize which populations are more susceptible to infections and why they are at higher risk.
  • Describe the sequence of events that lead to the spread of infectious diseases, including causative agents, reservoirs, means of exit, modes of transmission, portals of entry, and persons at risk.
  • Apply key infection prevention strategies such as hand hygiene, safe disposal of waste, use of PPE, and environmental cleaning to interrupt the spread of pathogens.
  • Demonstrate the importance of healthcare workers maintaining good personal hygiene, staying up-to-date with vaccinations, and following protocols when
  • Follow the World Health Organization's ‘5 moments’ for hand hygiene and proper hand washing techniques to minimize the risk of infection.
  • Properly manage clinical waste and sharps to prevent injury and contamination.
  • Handle and launder soiled linen safely to prevent the spread of harmful microorganisms.

Modules

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Infection Prevention and Control

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Frequently Asked Questions

Infection prevention and control (IPC) uses measures such as hand hygiene, PPE, cleaning and safe waste disposal to reduce the spread of infections in UK health and social care.

The WHO 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene identify when healthcare workers should clean their hands: before patient contact, before procedures, after body fluid exposure, after patient contact and after touching surroundings.

PPE such as gloves, aprons, masks and eye protection helps reduce exposure to infectious materials. UK healthcare workers should select and use PPE according to risk and local IPC procedures.

Clinical waste and sharps must be segregated, handled and disposed of safely using appropriate containers and UK healthcare waste procedures to prevent injury, contamination and infection.

People with weakened immune systems, older adults, babies and those with certain health conditions may be more susceptible to infection. Effective UK IPC practices help protect vulnerable people.