HIEDA – Infection Control

Name: HIEDA – Infection Control
Start: 2024-11-29T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-29T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Online – Zoom

November 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Date: November 29, 2024
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Audience: Healthcare professionals, medical providers, care workers and those with a responsibility for hygiene.
Cost: HIEDA Member Rate: £90, HIEDA Member Additional Delegate Rate: £45, Non-member Rate: £180*
Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Course outline

This webinar on infection control enables the holder to develop an understanding of infection control management. It identifies the risks and precautions required to meet inspection and HSE standards whilst keeping employees, carers, and clients safe. It outlines common infections, transmission methods and safe handling of bodily fluids.

Training topics will include:

What is an infection?
Types of infections
Universal precautions
Legislation and guidance.

Learning outcomes:

To understand how to minimise and prevent the spread of infection
To enable staff to follow appropriate hygiene practices
To enable staff to provide services to care for clients safely and sensitively.

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Speaker:

Skyler Moulder, Lead Nurse, The Leys

Skyler did her Adult Nursing BSc at Kings College London in 2011 and went straight into community nursing. After the birth of her first son she stumbled into community school nursing and never looked back. During her time as a community school nurse she covered primary and secondary schools all across Cambridgeshire. She completed training such as the CAMHS foundation module, Sexual Health and Contraception module and was trained in Safeguarding Children Level 3. She completed her PG Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing in 2016 when she was pregnant with her second son, which she later topped up to a full MSc in 2023 when she was pregnant with her daughter! This also included qualifying as a Nurse Prescriber. Skyler co-lead the development of a 0-19 Duty Desk and the introduction of the Chathealth text service in Cambridgeshire Community Services.