Infection In Health And Social Care

Learn about the different types of infection in health and care. This course is ideal for intermediate learners.

Introduction 

Health and Social Care workers have a duty of care to protect service users and others from harm, including harm from infectious disease.

All health and social care workers first need to understand the causes of infection. They can then understand how infection is spread from one person to another and learn about actions that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of infection spreading. 

In this course we will be focusing on the first stage – understanding the causes of infection.

You will learn 

1. Causes of Infection 
2. Infection Safety 
3. The Spread of Infection