About 300,000 patients develop an infection in England each year while being treated by the NHS. Protecting people from infection is an essential element of providing high-quality care, especially considering the capacity some potentially life-threatening infections have to spread within care environments.
“This qualification aims to help learners to understand:
* the meaning and importance of infection control
* the causes of infections, the conditions in which they thrive and the ways that they can be spread
* methods used to prevent and control the spread of infection.
The objectives of this qualification are to:
* give learners working or intending to work in health care settings knowledge and understanding of infection prevention and control to support their role in the workplace
* enable learners to progress to other qualifications in this subject area, or within the wider area of health and social care.”
A statement of what a learner will know,understand or be able to do as a result of a process of learning. As well as achieve a NCFE CACHE LEVEL 2 Certificate in the Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings which is an nationaly accredited and recognised qualification.
“This unit contains three sections:
Section 1: Principles of the causes and spread of infection in health care settings
Section 2: Principles of infection prevention and control in a health care setting
Section 3: Extension activites “
“This unit contains three sections:
Section 1: Principles of the importance of personal hygiene and health in the prevention and control of infection in health care settings
Section 2: Principles of decontamination, cleaning and waste management in health care settings
Section 3: Extension activities “
Course code
3703
Awarding Body
NCFE / CACHE
Duration of course
6-weeks
Number of assessments
2-units
Delivery method
Online or Paper-based
Assessment method
Portfolio of evidence which is marked via an assigned tutor. Assessing knowledge/understanding. All units must be assessed in line with the Assessment Strategy.
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