Who Should Attend

Learning Outcomes

- about the ‘Chain of Infection’, and how standard precautions are used to break these links to reduce the likelihood of an organism causing harm

 - about your role and responsibilities in implementing standard precautions to reduce the risk of infection to yourself, your colleagues and your patients

 - to understand and demonstrate standard infection control precautions in practice, including

• Hand Hygiene
• Personal Protective Equipment 
• Sharps handling 
• Specimen handling
• Decontamination of Medical Devices
• Safe handling of spillages
• Occupational Health