PPE Training For Healthcare Workers
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This online training course provides you with the knowledge and techniques needed to safely use personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare settings. In this training, you will learn the correct way to use different types of PPE and when they are needed, including gloves, goggles and aprons. You will learn how to safely wear multiple items of PPE and the correct order to put them on and remove them.
This course also outlines the correct way to store, maintain and dispose of PPE, as well as what to do if your PPE is compromised. Finally, by the end of this training you will be aware of considerations for using PPE during an infection risk and PPE shortages.
This course was last audited on: 12th September 2023
- Developed by healthcare professionals
- Accredited by CPD and Approved by RoSPA Qualifications
- Skills for Care endorsed training provider
- Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
- Full audio voiceover
- Accompanying downloadable resources
- Approximate duration: 2 hours
- Same day digital certificate. Printed certificate posted the next working day
Aims of the course
By the end of this course, you will:
- Know how to correctly put on and remove a range of personal protective equipment for healthcare. This includes gloves, face masks, respirators, eye protection, face shields, and long-sleeved gowns.
- Be aware of when PPE should be worn and what types should be used in different situations.
- Understand when multiple items of PPE need to be worn, and know the order in which they should be put on and taken off.
- Know how to carry out good hand hygiene.
- Know how often and the circumstances in which PPE should be changed.
- Be aware of what actions must be taken if PPE is compromised.
- Understand the legal requirements for safely disposing of used PPE in the correct waste stream.
- Understand how to correctly store and maintain PPE.
- Know the requirements for using PPE during an infection risk.
- Recognise when PPE should be changed during an infection risk, including when delivering home care.
- Understand the measures that may be taken if there are shortages of PPE.
Certification
All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.
This certificate does not have an expiry date. However, based on industry best practice guidelines, the recommended renewal period for this training is 3 years. We will print this recommended renewal date on your certificate.
Skills for Care Endorsed Training Provider
We're proud to be officially endorsed by Skills for Care, the strategic body for workforce development in social care in England and a delivery partner for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Skills for Care endorsement is a trusted quality mark only awarded to the best learning and development providers within the social care sector.
Our Commitment to Health and Social Care
High Speed Training has supported thousands of Health and Social Care workers in gaining accredited certificates to help them deliver safe and effective care. We best serve care providers by committing to being at the forefront of sector issues, policy and legislation, ensuring our training is up-to-date, comprehensive and meaningful.
As part of our commitment to Health and Social Care, we have worked hard to build partnerships with authorities and leading bodies, including the National Care Forum (NCF) and the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE).
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Course content
| Module | Description | |
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| 1 | How to Use Healthcare PPE: Part 1 | When should you use PPE, essential requirements for PPE, hand hygiene, pre-donning steps for PPE, how to use sterile and non-sterile gloves and how to use face masks and respirators. |
| 2 | How to Use Healthcare PPE: Part 2 | How to use eye protection, how to use aprons or long-sleeved gowns, how to use head and foot protection and wearing multiple items of PPE. |
| 3 | Changing, Disposal, Storage, and Maintenance of PPE | When to change your PPE, changing gloves, changing face masks, changing respirators, changing eye and face protection, changing aprons and gowns, changing head and foot protection, what to do if your PPE is compromised, how to safely dispose of PPE, storing PPE, maintaining your PPE and general PPE safety rules. |
| 4 | PPE During an Infection Risk | What is an 'infection risk', changing PPE, PPE shortages, delivering home care, how to safely dispose of and reuse PPE and further information for PPE usage. |
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Assessment
The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically, so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass, don't worry. You can take the test as many times as you need – with no extra charge.
Who should take this course?
This course is suitable for all staff working in a healthcare setting who need to know how to use personal protective equipment correctly. This includes:
- Hospital staff
- GP staff
- Residential care workers
- Paramedics
- Dentists
- Cleaners, porters and anyone else who may come into contact with patients or contaminated materials.
This course is suitable for staff of all levels, including employees, supervisors and managers.
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