Advanced Certificate in Infection Prevention & Control for Nurses

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  • Course Duration6 months
  • Learning FormatOnline Learning

Course Overview

The Advanced Certificate in Infection Prevention & Control for Nurses provides advanced knowledge and practical skills in preventing, monitoring, and controlling healthcare-associated infections within clinical environments. The programme covers standard and transmission-based precautions, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, aseptic techniques, sterilisation and disinfection, isolation practices, healthcare-associated infection surveillance, occupational exposure, antimicrobial stewardship, and outbreak response. Learners develop the knowledge required to support safe nursing practice, reduce infection risks, and contribute effectively to infection prevention and control programmes within established healthcare protocols.

Skills Covered

  • Infection prevention and control principles

  • Healthcare-associated infection prevention

  • Standard precautions

  • Transmission-based precautions

  • Hand hygiene practices

  • Personal protective equipment

  • Aseptic technique

  • Safe injection practices

  • Medical device infection prevention

  • Environmental cleaning and disinfection

  • Sterilisation principles

  • Isolation and cohorting practices

  • Infection surveillance

  • Outbreak investigation and response

  • Occupational exposure management

Why Join This Programme?

  • Develop advanced knowledge of infection prevention and control in nursing practice

  • Strengthen understanding of healthcare-associated infection risks

  • Learn effective application of standard and transmission-based precautions

  • Develop practical awareness of hand hygiene, PPE, and aseptic techniques

  • Understand appropriate isolation and infection control procedures

  • Gain knowledge of environmental cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation principles

  • Learn how nurses contribute to infection surveillance and outbreak management

  • Support professional development in nursing, clinical care, infection control, and healthcare quality and safety

Course Objective

The programme aims to:

  • Develop advanced knowledge of infection prevention and control principles relevant to nursing

  • Strengthen understanding of healthcare-associated infections and their prevention

  • Develop knowledge of standard and transmission-based precautions

  • Promote effective hand hygiene, PPE use, and aseptic nursing practices

  • Introduce principles of safe injection and medical device-related infection prevention

  • Develop understanding of cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation, and environmental hygiene

  • Strengthen knowledge of patient isolation, cohorting, and transmission prevention

  • Introduce infection surveillance, reporting, and outbreak response principles

  • Develop awareness of occupational exposure risks and appropriate response procedures

  • Promote safe, evidence-informed nursing practice and effective participation in infection prevention and control programmes

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the programme, learners will be able to:

  • Explain the fundamental principles of infection prevention and control in nursing practice

  • Identify common healthcare-associated infections and their routes of transmission

  • Apply standard and transmission-based precautions appropriately

  • Demonstrate appropriate principles of hand hygiene and personal protective equipment use

  • Apply aseptic techniques and safe infection prevention practices during nursing procedures

  • Describe principles of safe injection practices and medical device-related infection prevention

  • Explain the roles of cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation, and environmental hygiene in infection control

  • Apply appropriate isolation and cohorting principles to reduce infection transmission

  • Recognise infection surveillance requirements and contribute to outbreak investigation and response

  • Apply appropriate occupational exposure, documentation, communication, and infection prevention procedures within established nursing protocols

Course Curriculum

1 module 6 months

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Certificate of Completion

Earn a professional Certificate of Completion from London Technology College, demonstrating your newly acquired skills. This certificate is ideal for academic CVs, research proposals, and job applications in professional roles.

Earn Your Certificate in Advanced Certificate in Infection Prevention & Control for Nurses:

  • • Industry-recognised certificate issued by London Technology College.
  • • Demonstrate competence through real-world, practical projects.
  • • Validate your skillset for research, analytics, and professional careers.