Infection Control Update (am)

Who Should Attend?

Practice staff

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