(Course for organisations and professionals)
| Cost: | $38.50 including GST (*see below for group rates) |
| Duration: | Approximately 60 minutes |
| Suggested refresher schedule: | Every 12 months (annually) |
| Essential for: | All care workers across all settings, including. - Aged Care and Disability Residential support workers
- Lifestyles and Community Access
- In-Home Support and Individualised Support
- Supported Employment
- Allied Health Professionals
- Anyone who works in supported accommodation including:
o Supported Independent Living (SIL)
o Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
o Respite Accommodation
o Short Term Accommodation |
| NDIS Practice Standard tags: | - Provider Governance and Operational Management
o Risk Management, Human Resource Management - Provision of Supports Environment
o Safe environment, Management of Waste |
Why choose this course? This online course focuses on safe work practices to ensure the health and safety of workers, clients, and others.
This course is recommended for workers who require knowledge of safe work practices to prevent, and if necessary, control infection in the workplace. 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 course cover?
The course provides participants with the knowledge required to follow safe work practices to prevent and control infection in the workplace including:
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- 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.
Certification:
Once successfully completed, learners will be issued with a digital certificate of completion.
PLEASE NOTE: Learners will NOT be provided with a Statement of Attainment after completing this course. Learners are NOT completing a nationally recognised unit of competency. *For groups: We sell the course by licence agreement for large groups. This is very cost effective especially if several online courses are purchased. Further discounts apply for a multiyear payment plan. Cancellation conditions apply |
