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Understand own role in the prevention and control of the spread of infection

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About the different types of infection
How the chain of infection can lead to the spread of infection
How to identify individuals who have, or are at risk of, developing an infection

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Click to read through this booklet that was created by Skills for Care for the Care Certificate and covers ‘Infection prevention and control’. You do not need to complete the activity section in the booklet.
Read through the section on ‘Infection prevention and control’ from Skills for Care.
‘Helping to prevent infection’ is an article on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
In the Royal College of Nursing’s ‘Essential Practice for Infection Prevention and Control’ read the section on ‘Other practises that contribute to reducing the risk of HCAIs’.

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