Infection Control And Prevention Course
Infection Control and Prevention Course
Infection control and prevention should be at the heart of all healthcare decisions. This complex and evolving area of healthcare management is something you and your team must be on top of.
Rosette CPD training in infection control and prevention will help keep your practice and staff in compliance with legal and regulatory obligations for infection control and prevention.
Completing this course is a plus for all healthcare staff, giving them vital, transferable skills. For General Dental Council (GDC)-registered professionals, it contributes verifiable hours towards a mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) outcome.
Rosette CPD courses are comprehensively researched, market-leading training courses that are prepared to suit your practice and your team. Your trainer is an experienced, specialist healthcare trainer with more than 10 years’ training experience, who delivers in-house training that is engaging and useful.
Infection Control and Prevention: Your Duties and the Law
There are a number of personal and premise-level regulations and laws governing infection control and prevention standards that must be in place.
The Care Quality Commission regulates dental practices. They enforce the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Regulation 12 is an overarching duty to provide care “in a safe way for service users” including “assessing the risk of, and preventing, detecting and controlling the spread of, infections, including those that are health care associated”.
The Health Technical Memorandum 01-05 (HTM 01-05) “Decontamination in primary care dental practices” must also be complied with. This 17-chapter document is a comprehensive set of standards for dental practices. It covers areas like reprocessing instruments and what equipment, should be used; how it should be used and the associated records and logs that need to be maintained.
Healthcare environments are, of course, also covered by The Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure the protection of all staff.
The GDC mandates a series of CPD goals for all registered dental professionals (including dental nurses, technicians, therapists, hygienists, orthodontic therapist and clinical dental technician). Failing to complete this training can lead to the loss of registration and the right to practice or work in the UK.
“Maintenance and development of knowledge and skill within your field of practice,” is Outcome C of the GDC’s Enhanced CPD Requirements. This outcome includes cross infection control training. The GDC says that all dental professionals should complete at least five hours of disinfection and decontamination training in each five-year CPD cycle.
Rosette CPD Infection Control and Prevention Course
Rosette CPD courses are delivered to the requirements of your practice and team by an experienced, specialist dental and healthcare CPD trainer.
The course, which can be included in your GDC CPD reporting, includes:
A guide to the guidelines and legislation covering infection control in healthcare.
Standard infection transmission precautions.
The importance of cross infection processes for pathogen control, decontamination, cleaning and hygiene (including hand hygiene), exposure to blood-borne viruses, and infection risk reduction.
A hand hygiene practical with UV light.
A review of waste disposal and sharps guidelines and procedures.
Understanding routes of transmission of infectious microorganisms and an awareness of infection risks.
Rosette CPD also delivers a separate Legionella course that is a comprehensive guide to this infection that can be a particular issue in the dental sector.
After the course you will:
Be able to report 2 hours of verifiable, certificated training for your GDC CPD requirements.
Have a team able to practise hygiene and infection control procedures to regulatory and legal standards.
Have confidence in your own and your practice’s infection control routines.
Show verified certification that illustrates your practice’s commitment to safe, healthy patient care and compliance with all legal standards, guidelines, and advice.
Healthcare Compliance Services
Rosette CPD can also help you meet compliance needs for infection control with comprehensive, full-practice compliance -style visits or advice.
Meet Your Training Needs Today
Rosette CPD offers a comprehensive programme of specialist dental and healthcare training. Call Maggie today on 07791 990297 to discuss your dental practice's CPD needs and to start designing a training programme to suit your team. Visit our contact page to send an email.