Infection Control

PubNetwork is now offering Government funded (FREE for participants), short, accredited, training courses to help you and your staff identify and manage the risk of Coronavirus (COVID-19). This training has been developed to help Victorian businesses reopen safely and to ensure that their customers and workforce are protected as we emerge from the pandemic.

• Guidelines for the prevention and control of infection
• Personal and hand hygiene
• Use of personal protective equipment
• Surface cleaning
• Types of additional precautions
• Types of hazards
• Chain of infection
• Basis of infection
• Key modes of disease transmission
• Factors that increase susceptibility

PubNetwork utilises competency-based assessment to demonstrate that you have achieved the skills and knowledge required by nationally recognised standards. To achieve competence in this course you will need to complete a written assessment and a skills demonstration.

Five hours (10am – 3pm)

On successfully completion of this course, learners will be issued a Statement of Attainment for the nationally recognised skillset:

• BSBSS00095 – Cross-Sector Infection Control Skill Set

Which includes the nationally recognised unit of competence:

• BSBWHS332X – Apply infection prevention and control procedures to own work activities

• Learners must be 16 years of age and over at the time of course commencement.
• There are no pre-requisite units for this course.
• Learners must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend onsite learning (Department of Education and Training, Victoria).