Infection Prevention and Control Training is essential for care staff working in residential care homes, nursing homes and domiciliary care settings. Understanding how infections spread, applying effective hygiene practices and using personal protective equipment (PPE) correctly helps reduce infection risks and protect residents, staff and visitors.
This Infection Prevention and Control training course is designed for care staff working in residential, nursing and domiciliary care environments.
✔ Instant online access
✔ Certificate on completion
✔ Designed for real care settings
✔ Supports CQC compliance
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Why Infection Prevention Training is Essential in Care Settings
Care staff work in close contact with individuals who may be highly vulnerable to infection. Without proper training, even routine tasks can increase the risk of illness.
This training helps staff to:
- Understand how infections spread
- Apply safe working practices
- Reduce risks within care environments
- Protect residents, staff and visitors
What This Infection Prevention and Control Course Covers
Understanding How Infections Spread.
Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention.
Use of PPE.
Cleaning and Decontamination.
Managing High-Risk Situations.
Who This Course is For
Infection prevention and control is particularly important when caring for individuals who may be more vulnerable to infection. This section explores how care staff can recognise higher-risk situations, apply appropriate infection prevention measures, use PPE correctly and follow organisational procedures to reduce the risk of infection transmission.
Learners will develop awareness of the importance of responding promptly to suspected infections, reporting concerns and following agreed infection prevention and control procedures to protect residents, colleagues and visitors.
This course is suitable for:
- Care assistants
- Support workers
- Residential care staff
- Domiciliary care staff
- Anyone working in a care environment
Managing High-Risk Situations
Infection prevention and control is particularly important when caring for individuals who may be more vulnerable to infection. This section explores how care staff can recognise higher-risk situations, apply appropriate infection prevention measures, use PPE correctly and follow organisational procedures to reduce the risk of infection transmission.
Learners will develop awareness of the importance of responding promptly to suspected infections, reporting concerns and following agreed infection prevention and control procedures to protect residents, colleagues and visitors.
CQC-Aligned Training for Compliance
This course is aligned with Care Quality Commission (CQC) expectations and supports care providers in meeting regulatory standards.
Proper infection prevention training helps demonstrate:
- Safe care practices
- Staff competence
- Compliance with inspection requirements
Flexible Online Learning
The course is delivered in short, easy-to-follow video modules, allowing staff to complete training at their own pace.
✔ Accessible on any device
✔ No classroom required
✔ Ideal for busy care teams
Course Access, Assessment & Certification
Our Infection Prevention and Control Training course provides flexible online learning for care staff, support workers and adult social care professionals.
- Course Access: 12 months from the date of purchase.
- Assessment Deadline: 90 days from purchase to successfully complete the final quiz and obtain the certificate.
- Pass Mark: Minimum 80%.
- Quiz Retakes: Unlimited attempts within the assessment period.
- Certificate: Downloadable Infection Prevention and Control Training certificate upon successful completion.
- Certificate Validity: 2 years.
The course follows a structured learning pathway. Learners must watch each lesson video in full and mark the lesson complete before progressing. The final multiple-choice quiz unlocks once all lessons have been completed.
Certificate on Completion
Upon successfully completing the final assessment, learners can download their Infection Prevention and Control Training certificate.
Care providers can retain certificates as part of staff training records to help demonstrate workforce development, infection prevention awareness and ongoing professional learning.
Training certificates can support inspection preparation and staff competency records, alongside appropriate workplace supervision and practical competency assessments.
Infection Prevention and Control Training for Employers
FlexiLearnHub provides Infection Prevention and Control Training for Care Staff (CQC-Aligned) for care homes, nursing homes, supported living services, domiciliary care providers and adult social care organisations.
Our online infection prevention and control course helps care staff understand how infections spread, the importance of effective hand hygiene, appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE), environmental cleanliness and safe infection prevention practices.
The training also reinforces the importance of recognising infection risks, following workplace procedures, applying standard infection control precautions and protecting residents, service users, colleagues and visitors.
Group Training for Care Homes and Care Teams
Employers looking to train multiple employees can use FlexiLearnHub’s dedicated Group Training for Employers system.
Our group training platform allows organisations to purchase eligible courses for multiple employees, assign learners, monitor training progress and manage certificates through an employer dashboard.
Whether you’re training care assistants, support workers, healthcare assistants, senior carers, nursing staff, domestic staff, catering staff or care home managers, our flexible online training helps promote consistent infection prevention awareness and safer working practices across your organisation.
Explore our Group Training for Employers to discover how to organise Infection Prevention and Control Training for your team.
Important: This CQC-aligned course supports infection prevention and control awareness and professional development. It does not replace workplace-specific infection control procedures, practical competency assessments, specialist training, current public health guidance or an employer’s statutory responsibilities.
Staff must always follow their organisation’s infection prevention and control policies, applicable national guidance and any additional precautions required for specific infection risks or outbreaks.
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