This training is essential in healthcare and community settings to ensure that infections are minimised and spread is prevented.

1. Infection Prevention and Control Overview:

   • Understanding what infection prevention and control (IPC) is and why it’s critical in health and social care.
   • The importance of reducing the spread of infections in different environments, especially where vulnerable individuals may be present.

2. Globally Recognized Infection Control Precautions:

   • These would be the standard precautions that healthcare and support professionals need to apply across all care settings to reduce the risk of infection. These can include hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), environmental cleaning, and safe injection practices.

3. Precautions Based on Modes of Transmission:

   • This likely covers how infections are spread and what additional measures are needed depending on whether the infection is airborne, droplet, contact-based, or through other means.
   • Understanding how to adapt precautions to different situations, such as wearing specific PPE or isolating infected individuals.

4. Your Responsibilities in Supporting Participants to Stay Healthy:

   • This is about the role healthcare workers or support staff play in keeping participants safe. Responsibilities could include monitoring for signs of infection, maintaining proper hygiene, providing education, and ensuring participants follow infection control measures.