Description
Course Description
This cours suitable for all staff working within childhood settings including schools, nurseries, adventure playgrounds, holiday playschemes, youth clubs, family entertainment centres and childcare provision and aims to provide staff working with children with an understanding of how infections including COVID-19 are transmitted and what measures can be put in place to prevent and control their spread.
Course Content
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This course covers a range of content including:
- Infection Prevention and Control of Germs
- Sources of Infection
- Susceptible People
- Transmission
- Common Childhood Infections and Infections In Pregnancy
- Coronavirus
- Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19
- Infection Control Risk Assessment
- Covid-19 Risks Assessment – Points To Consider
- What to do if someone has or is suspected of having COVID-19
- Handwashing – Clean Hands Save Lives
- When Should Staff Wash Their Hands?
- Teaching Children To Wash Their Hands Properly
- Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases
- PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
- Cleaning Procedures
- Cleaning and Disinfection
- Cleaning Facilities and Equipment
- Cleaning Toys and Equipment
- Nappy Changing, Potties and Toilets
- Blood and Body Fluid Spillages
- Laundry
- Managing Waste Safely
- Reporting and Recording Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Course Duration
This course is delivered online and can be completed flexibly around your work and home commitments. Learners should aim to complete this course however within 9 months.
Course Assessment
For this course you will have self checks after each section of the course and a short end of course multiple choice assessment.
Certificate and Validity
Once you have completed and passed this course you can download and/or print your certificate.
