Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Training for Educational and Early Years Settings
This training is for teachers, school staff, nursery practitioners, childminders, and other professionals working in educational and early years settings.
The session will help you strengthen your knowledge and practical skills to keep your setting safe and healthy. You’ll learn clear, easy-to-follow strategies supported by real-life examples and useful resources, so you feel equipped to protect both yourself and the children in your care.
Aims of Training
To equip teachers and those who work in Early Years settings with;
- knowledge of what infections are, how they are caused, and transmitted
- knowledge of how to prevent the spread of infection in their settings
- how staff can protect themselves during an outbreak
- how to manage infectious disease outbreaks in their settings
Completing the Training
- This training should take 1 hour to complete
- This can be completed at your own pace. You do not have to complete it in one session, you can come back and complete short sections at a time
- You can use the slide deck and read the narrative to compliment what is on each slide
- Alternatively, there is an option to use the video which will talk you through each slide
Why IPC is important and how infections spread
Introduces the concept of infection and how it spreads
Building Healthy Classrooms: Key Hygiene & Safety Measures
Explains key hygiene and infection prevention measures
Beyond the Basics: Extra Steps for Clean & Safe Spaces
Discusses additional IPC considerations
Winning Against Bugs: Treatment & Resistance Explained
Explores the issue of AMR and practical ways educational settings can help tackle it
Managing infectious disease outbreaks in Educational and Early Years settings
Covers the management of infectious disease outbreaks in Educational and Early Years settings
Certificate of completion
Congratulations on completing this training! You can now download certificate of completion.