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Infection, prevention and control CPA Disability Support - online

This course is available:

  • for Cerebral Palsy Alliance employees only

Why choose this course?

This online course focuses on safe work practices to ensure the health and safety of workers, clients and others.  It is a compulsory induction activity for all Cerebral Palsy Alliance staff working as disability support practitioners, Youth Services employees and managers in A&R, Lifestyles, Youth and Packforce.  The course is accessed via the Online Learning System.
This course equips workers with the latest evidence based knowledge required to prevent and control infection according to current Work Health Safety (WHS) legislation, standards and industry codes of practice.

What content does the program cover?

The course provides participants with the knowledge required to follow safe work practices in order to prevent and control infection in the workplace including:
•    Identifying the risk of infection.
•    Responding appropriately to situations that pose an infection risk and reporting accordingly.
•    Identifying common infections.
•    Recognising the modes of transmission of infection.
•    Applying standard precautions as part of own work routine.
•    Recognising situations when transmission based precautions may be required and reporting accordingly.
•    Applying transmission based precautions when standard precautions may not be sufficient to control infections.

Course completion requires:

Successful completion of the compulsory online quizzes included throughout the course. 

What is the cost?

There is no cost for this course.

How long is the course?

Duration: 1 hour approximately

Where can I get more information?

Contact: The Training Alliance team
Email: training@cerebralpalsy.org.au
Phone: +61 2 9975 8715
Cancellation conditions apply
 

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