WSQ Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Practice (Level 2)
About This Course
MOH and the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) has embarked on a job redesign initiative to attract, develop, and retain support care staff for the Community Care sector. These support care staff are not trained licensed healthcare professionals and hence will require appropriate training to induct them into the sector. They can also look forward to employment opportunities in the Community Care sector with excellent opportunities for career advancement.
Providing appropriate care to prevent hospital acquired/ cross infection is essential for support care staff and nursing staff during their daily care of their clients. With this course, learners will be able to learn the various aspect of basic infection control, such as hand hygiene, wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE), waste management as well as disinfection and how to reinforce infection control practice to patients and their caregivers. The training was designed to impart knowledge and use task-based activities that enables the learners to better understand the concept and skills taught. This training strategy was also encouraged by the international experts of World Health Organisation (WHO),
What You'll Learn
2. Understand what is standard and transmission-based precaution and how to follow the precaution such as choosing and wearing Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) according to patient’s condition
3. Identify and manage general and biohazard waste in accordance with standard and transmission-based precaution
4. Understand disinfection and sterilization methods in accordance to nature of equipment and the intended use to prevent transmission of diseases.
5. Reinforce appropriate infection control practices to patients and caregivers
Entry Requirements
This course targets HCWs in the healthcare industry or workers wishing to enter the industry with following criteria:
• without prior knowledge and skills on infection control
• who require some form of refresher or re-assessment of competency.
- Language and literacy proficiency level: Work Place Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) Level 4
- Target Age Group: Age 16 and above
- Prerequisite skills and knowledge: NIL Prerequisite
- Required years of experience in relevant domain: Nil Experience needed
- Minimum education level: GCE N level (3 subject passes including English)