Infection, Prevention and Control Training
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
👩⚕️ Audience: Nurses, HCAs, carers, support workers, nursing associates, GP practice teams and healthcare professionals working in clinical, community and care environments where infection prevention and control forms part of day-to-day practice.
🏥 Format: Available live online or face-to-face at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Training
Course Details:
Effective infection prevention and control is essential in every healthcare and care setting. This course gives learners a practical understanding of standard infection control precautions, including hand hygiene, PPE, sharps safety, clinical waste, spillages, equipment decontamination, ANTT and maintaining a clean clinical environment.
The session links everyday IPC practice to patient safety, staff protection and professional accountability. Poor infection control can increase the risk of healthcare-associated infections, outbreaks, avoidable harm and delays in care, so regular training helps teams stay confident, consistent and aligned with current guidance.
UKHSA’s 2023 point prevalence survey found that healthcare-associated infections were present in 7.6% of patients in England, an increase from the last reported survey in 2016
Learning Outcomes – IPC Training for Healthcare Staff
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles of infection prevention and control and the importance of reducing infection risk within healthcare and care settings.
- Recognise common causes and routes of infection transmission and how infections spread between people and environments.
- Demonstrate knowledge of effective hand hygiene practices and understand when to use soap and water or alcohol hand gel.
- Identify appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand how and when it should be used safely.
- Understand safe sharps management, including prevention, reporting and immediate response following sharps injuries.
- Recognise the importance of safe waste disposal, spillages and equipment decontamination in reducing infection risk.
- Develop an understanding of ANTT and aseptic principles to support safer clinical practice.
- Recognise the importance of maintaining a clean clinical environment and individual accountability in infection control.
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligned with NICE, RCN, and NMC guidance for safe, effective care.
"This session refreshed a lot of important IPC knowledge and made me think more carefully about everyday infection risks and how to reduce them safely.”
Clinical Nurse
Care Home Setting
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