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Infection Prevention and Control (Hand Hygiene)

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Learning Outcomes

What you'll learn

  • Grasping the Essentials of Microbiology: Explore the Basics and Identify Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs).
  • Identifying Entry Routes: Understand How Infections Penetrate the Body.
  • Emphasizing Personal Health and Hygiene: A Key Strategy to Minimize Cross-Infection Risks in Healthcare Settings.
  • Recognizing and Managing Key Pathogens: Focus on MRSA, Clostridium Difficile, and Norovirus in Healthcare Environments.
  • Highlighting the Significance of Proper Hand Hygiene: A Crucial Step to Curb Cross Contamination.
  • Remembering Standard Precautions: Essential Measures for Preventing and Controlling HCAIs.

Modules

Module 1

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs)

Module 2

What causes Healthcare Associated Infections?

Module 3

How to Reduce the Risk of Spreading Infection

Module 4

Your Responsibilities for your Personal Health

Module 5

Different Types of Infection

Module 6

The Chain of Infection

Module 7

MRSA

Module 8

Clostridium Difficile

Module 9

Norovirus

Module 10

COVID-19 (SARS-COV2)

Module 11

COVID -19 Mutations and Vaccinations

Module 12

Hand Hygiene

Module 13

Personal Protective Equipment

Module 14

Levels of Decontamination

Module 15

Different Kinds of Waste and Which Bins to Use

Module 16

Safe Handling of Linen

Module 17

Summary

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Very educative.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hand hygiene helps prevent cross-infection and healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). UK healthcare workers should follow NHS and WHO hand hygiene guidance, including the recommended 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene.

HCAIs are infections acquired during healthcare. Common examples include MRSA, Clostridioides difficile and norovirus. Effective infection prevention and control helps reduce their spread in UK care settings.

The WHO 5 Moments are before touching a patient, before a clean procedure, after body fluid exposure, after touching a patient and after touching their surroundings.

Use effective hand hygiene, appropriate PPE, personal hygiene and standard precautions. Follow local infection prevention and control policies and NHS guidance to reduce cross-contamination risks.

Standard precautions include hand hygiene, risk-based PPE, respiratory hygiene, safe handling of sharps and waste, and environmental cleaning. They apply to all patients in UK healthcare settings.