Infection Control Course For Nurses

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What will I learn?

Enhance your nursing expertise with our Infection Prevention and Control Course, specifically tailored for nurses in Ireland. This course will equip you with the essential skills needed to prevent and manage infections effectively within Irish healthcare settings. Delve into comprehensive modules covering hand hygiene best practices, isolation procedures that meet Irish standards, and equipment decontamination and sterilisation techniques. You'll learn how to identify potential sources of infection, assess the effectiveness of infection control measures, and adhere to the most up-to-date national guidelines and policies. Improve your capabilities in educating colleagues, monitoring adherence to protocols, and compiling concise and informative reports, ultimately contributing to a safer healthcare environment for both staff and patients in Ireland.

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Master infection prevention and control programmes: Develop robust and adaptable strategies tailored for Irish healthcare settings.

Implement hand hygiene best practices: Enforce and promote effective hand hygiene protocols, adhering to national guidelines.

Ensure equipment decontamination and sterilisation: Apply the correct procedures for maintaining sterile medical equipment, meeting required standards.

Identify potential sources of infection: Detect, assess, and manage potential infection risks effectively within your workplace.

Analyse infection data: Evaluate relevant metrics and data to monitor trends, inform improvements, and enhance infection prevention and control outcomes across Irish healthcare.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.